Russia Considering Changes to Nuclear Doctrine – Kremlin
Russian policymakers are considering making adjustments to the country’s nuclear doctrine in response to rising tensions with NATO, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the official said the NATO declaration approved by member-states at a summit in Washington this week would require a “thoughtful, coordinated, and effective response” from Moscow “to contain” the US-led military bloc.
Against this backdrop, Peskov called NATO a “tool of confrontation” deeply involved in the Ukraine conflict, adding that “work on the nuclear doctrine is underway, these discussions involving experts are indeed taking place.” Nuclear weapons are not the only deterrence at Russia’s disposal, Peskov added, without giving further details.
The Washington Summit Declaration issued by NATO on Wednesday designated Moscow as “the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security” while condemning its military operation against Ukraine. It also reaffirmed that “nuclear deterrence is the cornerstone of Alliance security,” adding that NATO would continue to invest in nuclear capabilities. The bloc also condemned what it called Moscow’s “irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and coercive nuclear signaling.”
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The document was issued after NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg revealed that the bloc’s members were discussing putting more of their nuclear weapons on standby mode to counter potential threats from Russia and China. Moscow has condemned the statement as escalatory.
According to its current nuclear doctrine, Russia can use its nuclear arsenal only “in response to the use of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction against it or its allies, and also in case of aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is threatened.”
In June, however, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that Moscow is contemplating changes to the nuclear doctrine, explaining that the country’s “potential adversary is working on… new elements associated with lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons.” According to Putin, Moscow’s rivals are particularly focused on “ultra-low yield explosive nuclear devices.”
“We know that expert circles in the West are considering the idea that such weapons could be used and there is nothing particularly terrible about it. We must pay attention to this,” Putin stressed.
At the same time, Moscow has consistently stated that a nuclear war must never be fought, dismissing Western accusations of saber-rattling.
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Daily Show Shocked Half Of Black Voter Focus Group Backing Trump
“The Daily Show” correspondent Josh Johnson tried to get to the bottom of why the 2024 presidential election “feels different” than the past when it comes to black America’s support for the Democrat candidate.
Johnson sat down with a focus group of six black Americans from the New York area to ask for their thoughts on Donald Trump and his surge in African American support.
Half of the six individuals explained they’ll be voting for Trump, leaving Johnson surprised, saying, “I didn’t see that coming.”
The Trump supporters said the believe there will be “a big shift” in black voters leaving the Democrat Party this election.
“For me, I’ve always been a Democrat. And, for the most part with the Democrat Party, they make a bunch of promises they can’t deliver,” one man stated.
A woman added, “They [Democrats] use the issues of the African American community as a soapbox to stand on and make promises to get us to come out and vote. And then once we vote and everyone is in place, it’s like what happened?”
When a Biden supporter in the group claimed Trump “don’t respect the black person,” two of the Trump voters pointed out Sleepy Joe told Americans they “aren’t black” if they don’t vote for him.
The small panel’s opinions highlight a change in the American political landscape, but will the shift in Trump’s favor be enough to overcome Democrat election hijinks?
AfD Launches Nationalist Party Group in European Parliament
A nationalist political grouping within the European Parliament (EP) launched on Wednesday in Brussels, consisting of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) MEPs alongside newly arrived delegations from Eastern Europe, including the Polish Konfederacja.
Long theorised as a prospective national conservative voice in the EP, the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) has met the parliamentary requirements of 23 MEPs from seven different member states. Its delegates gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the party’s constitution and the allocation of key positions.
The party group has successfully registered with parliamentary authorities and is currently in negotiations to bridge tensions between strong-willed MEPs representing nationalist parties from different member states. On Wednesday evening, AfD MEP René Aust was named president of the group. The ESN is expected to formally premiere its party constitution and reveal other key leadership positions at a meeting in the European Parliament next week.
ESN is billed as a radical alternative to the existing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) of Giorgia Meloni and the recently formed Patriots for Europe. László Toroczkai, the leader of Mi Hazánk—the Hungarian nationalists inside ESN—declared that the group’s launch showed:
We don’t want to negotiate with Europe’s enemies; we don’t want to get along with them, but we want to defeat them upon our arrival in Brussels on Wednesday.
The new party is reported to have secured the backing of up to nine nationalist parties across the EU, including the Polish Konfederacja, the Czech SPD, the Bulgarian Revival Party, and one Reconquête MEP, Sarah Knafo.
Herzlichste Glückwünsche und großer Dank gehen heute an den frisch gewählten Fraktionsvorsitzenden @Rene_Aust, der zusammen mit unserer Delegation in #Brüssel nun gemeinsam mit Verbündeten den #EU-rokraten das Leben schwer machen wird.
— Dennis Hohloch ❌ (@Dennis_Hohloch) July 10, 2024
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Czech nationalist MEP Tomio Okamura outlined that the ESN agenda would be “against the Green Deal, against migration, and… also against Islamisation” in a media interview last week. At the time, sources close to the nascent EP grouping said that it had already secured 25 MEPs and would likely gain more during the coming days and weeks.
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Russia Vows ‘Military Response’ to US Missile Deployment Plans
Russia will calmly prepare a military response to US plans to station long-range missiles in Germany, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday.
Washington announced plans on Wednesday to start deploying long-range weapons in Germany in 2026, including SM-6 and Tomahawk systems, “as part of planning for enduring stationing of these capabilities in the future.”
The latest American plans are just another escalation of tensions by the West and “one of the elements of intimidation, which today is almost the main component of the NATO and US” approach towards Russia, Ryabkov said.
Land-based missiles with a range between 500km and 5,500km were banned on European soil under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. In 2019, the US pulled out of the Cold War-era pact, accusing Moscow of having violated it.
Ryabkov said deploying US missiles to Germany is primarily aimed at damaging Russia’s security.
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“Without nerves, without emotions, we will develop, first of all, a military response to this new game,” the diplomat said, adding that the Russian military had already “taken this message to task.”
The weapons systems to be deployed in Germany will include the SM-6 anti-air missile, which has a range of up to 460km, and the Tomahawk cruise missile, which can reportedly strike targets more than 2,500km away.
Berlin and Washington released a joint statement announcing the plan following talks at NATO’s annual summit in Washington.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow would respond in kind to Washington’s deployment of intermediate and shorter-range missiles. In June, the president said that Russia might resume production of previously banned missile systems, citing the “hostile actions” of the US.
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Ex-Space Force Commander Calls For An End To Woke Ideology In US Military
A former military commander has called for the elimination of woke idealogy from the US military. Former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who was fired from the U.S. Space Force in 2021 for criticizing the spread […]
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