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President, next year we are celebrating 80 years of the nuclear industry... we certainly invite you, and we want very much to make it a holiday not only for nuclear industry employees but also for the entire country and for all our partners abroad,
Increased Russian submarine activity in the northern Atlantic and Arctic is a stark reminder that the threat posed to NATO by Vladimir Putin's regime is not limited to Ukraine and Eastern Europe,
As long as we maintain a robust set of capabilities and presence, I think that it doesn't have to be tense." ... we do have to have a serious presence and communicate to the Russians that they should not mess around."
There has been a steady uptick in the activity of Russian submarines in the High North over the course of the last decade,
The close partnership between the USA and Iceland is vital in ensuring that this threat can be responded to,
And if they do say that today is the day, you want to be their worst nightmare,
The U.S. views Russia's Northern Fleet as a serious challenge,
In terms of personnel and material, Russian armed forces are likely to be capable of carrying out an attack against NATO by the end of the decade at the latest,
If NATO becomes a party to the conflict in Ukraine, it will get to a point where Russia will carry out a strike on military facilities in NATO territory."
Russian espionage and sabotage in Germany are increasing, both qualitatively and quantitatively" with Russia willing "put human lives at risk."
The focus of this buildup is, of course, in the strategic direction west along NATO’s eastern flank.”
Direct military confrontation with NATO has become an option for Moscow,
To say that it is the Russian armed forces that pose a danger is absolutely wrong, illogical, and contradicts the whole course of history, which led to the confrontation that we are all experiencing together now,