By Natali Moss
Following the Kremlin's statement about plans to place nuclear weapons in Belarus, Latvia Minister Edgar Rinkevich advised to relate to such statements. "First, I would not do any drama because Russian nuclear weapons are already in the Kaliningrad region, which borders with the Baltic countries. And in other parts of Russia," said the head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry.
He called such a step of the Russian Federation to some extent the "despair signal", because the war did not go according to Putin's plan and now he is trying to intimidate Ukraine and improve his position in peace talks. "We often forget that Belarus is in fact, part of the Russian military district, politically semi -autonomous, I think we need to impose more sanctions on both Belarus and the Russian Federation to show that such blackmail does not work," - said Latvian diplomat.
He recalled that Putin had already resorted to the threats of using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine - and that did not happen. The same approach is being used now. "Look, this is, in fact, the best Russian tactics: escalation, and then de -escalation. I don't think we should dance to their tune," the minister said. Recall that Chatham House expert Keyr Jails stated that Vladimir Putin will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine if the event fails to be able to "Apocalyptic Response".
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