Kremlin Responds to Trump’s Submarine Move, Urges Caution on Nuclear Rhetoric

Moscow appeared to play down the significance and said Russia was not looking to get into a spat with the American president.
Kremlin Responds to Trump’s Submarine Move, Urges Caution on Nuclear Rhetoric
The Kremlin in Moscow on April 20, 2020. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The Russian government on Aug. 4 responded to President Donald Trump’s moving two nuclear submarines closer to its territory in response to comments made by a former Russian president.

Trump said on Aug. 1 that he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be moved to “the appropriate regions” in response to what he called  “highly provocative” statements by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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