For Russia, Nuclear Weapons Are the Ultimate Bargaining Chip

The Ukraine war has not only shattered millions of lives and shaken Europe. It also has inured Washington to the use of nuclear threats as leverage.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 hours ago

Putin formally lowers threshold for Russia's use of nuclear weapons

In an alarming move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally lowered the threshold for his country’s use of nuclear weapons, sending a message to Ukraine and the U.S. with the new terms of ...

Putin Lowers Nuclear Weapons Threshold After U.S. Allows Ukraine to Use Missiles Against Russia

A decree signed by the Russian leader, though long planned, came days after President Biden authorized the use of U.S.-supplied missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia.

World - The New York Times - 7 hours ago

Ukraine conducts first Russia attack with U.S. missiles; Putin lowers bar for nuclear strike

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for his country's use of nuclear weapons Tuesday, after the U.S. allowed Ukraine to strike inside Russia using American missiles.

Russia changes nuclear doctrine as Ukraine gets OK to use U.S. long-range weapons

Moscow will now consider a conventional attack on Russia by any nation supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack, according to a change in the country's nuclear doctrine signed into law by ...

LNG exports could prove crucial bargaining chip in US-EU trade talks

Share prices of companies in the sector have surged on expectations of higher natural gas exports to Europe

World - Financial Times - November 12

North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme

Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’. North Korea’s UN envoy has said Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

Xi says China is ‘ready to work’ with Trump in final meeting with Biden

The two leaders also agreed humans, not artificial intelligence, should maintain control over nuclear weapons use in last meeting before Trump assumes US presidency. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Monday Briefing: Ukraine Can Hit Russia With U.S. Long-Range Weapons

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World - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Biden lifts ban on Ukraine using US weapons to strike deeper into Russia

Officials have suggested permission for wider use could be response to North Koreans joining war on Putin’s side. Joe Biden has lifted the ban on Ukraine using long-range missiles to fire into ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Could Biden's decision on Ukraine weapons use be start of world war with Russia?

Russian officials are reacting to President Biden's move to allow Ukraine to fire U.S.-made and supplied missiles deeper into Russia, a request that Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been making ...

What are ATACMS, the US-made weapons Ukraine used against Russia?

Ukraine launched U.S.-made long-range missiles into Russia on Tuesday, according to Russian officials, firing the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) for the first time into the Russian territory ...

Politics - The Hill - 8 hours ago

What Are ATACMS Missiles? The U.S. Weapons That Ukraine Fired Into Russia

In a major policy shift, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use the ballistic missiles within Russia.

World - The New York Times - 8 hours ago

Iran's supreme leader threatens U.S. and Israel after official says it can make nuclear weapons

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed “a tooth-breaking response” against Israel and the United States on Saturday “for what they are doing against Iran” and its proxies.

Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, following U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory ...

World - ABC News - 6 hours ago

Russian leader Putin signs a new doctrine that lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons

World - ABC News - 16 hours ago

Putin lowers threshold for Russian nuclear weapons use after Biden's Ukraine missile decision

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for nuclear weapons use, just two days after the U.S. authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles inside of Russia. Putin updated ...

Politics - The Hill - 13 hours ago

The Kremlin has revised its nuclear policy. Does that make the use of atomic weapons more likely?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a revamped version of his country's nuclear doctrine that lowers the bar on when he could use Moscow’s atomic arsenal

World - ABC News - 6 hours ago

Russia drill simulates "massive nuclear strike," Moscow says

Nuclear submarines test-fired ICBMs, while nuclear-capable bombers carried out practice launches of long-range cruise missiles, the defense ministry said.

Putin launches drills of Russia's nuclear forces simulating retaliatory strikes

Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a massive exercise of the country’s nuclear forces featuring a simulation of a retaliatory strike

World - ABC News - October 29

Nuclear fuel producer calls for more incentives to end Russia reliance

Second-largest western supplier of enriched uranium Orano urges more clarity on demand or stricter sanctions

World - Financial Times - October 30

UK says it voted against UN nuclear war panel because consequences already known

Foreign Office argues scientific study into modern effects of nuclear war not needed . The UK was one of three countries to vote against creating a UN scientific panel on the effects of nuclear war ...

World - The Guardian - November 4

Treasury yields end at lowest in over a week after Putin signs new nuclear doctrine

Treasury yields fell to their lowest closing levels in more than a week on Tuesday, after the Kremlin revised its nuclear doctrine in response to missile strikes by Ukraine and reduced Russia’s ...

Business - MarketWatch - 5 hours ago

Russia claims it shot down US-made ATACMS missiles and issues nuclear threat

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Russia's new nuclear weapons doctrine means Ukraine's use of Western rockets "can prompt a nuclear response."

Here’s what bond and gold traders are signaling about Russia’s nuclear shift

Traditional flight-to-safety trades took off on Tuesday in response to the worsening conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but a closer look at the extent of the bond market’s moves and a rise in ...

Business - MarketWatch - 5 hours ago

Russia's nuclear rhetoric won't dent UK support for Ukraine - PM

World - Yahoo News - 5 hours ago

Moscow says first Ukrainian attack on Russia with US-made missiles signals west wants to escalate conflict – Russia-Ukraine war live

Russian foreign minister says his country will do everything possible to avoid nuclear war after Ukraine fires Atacms into Russia for first time . Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ...

World - The Guardian - 7 hours ago

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