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.

The Kremlin in Moscow on April 20, 2020. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov

The Russian government on Aug. 4 responded to President Donald Trump’s moving of 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.