nuclear triad, it is more modern than any other triad, and only we have such triads, and indeed the americans , and we have advanced much more here, we have it more modern - the entire nuclear component as a whole in terms of carriers and by charge. we have approximate parity, but ours is more modern, but everyone knows this, experts, everyone knows, but this does not mean that we should measure ourselves by the number of warhead carriers, but we need to know about this, and those who need it, i repeat, experts , specialists, the military, and they know this well, they are now setting the task of increasing this modernity, navism, in accordance with the plan. is there, well, we also

know about it, they are developing all their components, so are we, but this does not mean that - in my opinion, they are not ready to start this nuclear war tomorrow, well, they want to, well, why do that, we are ready , but maybe, to be more convincing, we should conduct nuclear tests at some point, after all , we don’t have international restrictions for this, we have a test ban treaty of this kind, but unfortunately, the united states did not ratify this treaty , so in order for parity to be observed here, we withdrew this ratification, since the treaty was not ratified by the united states, and it did not enter into law.

force, finally, because we have not received the required number of ratifications, but nevertheless we adhere to these agreements, but we know that the united states is considering the possibility of conducting such tests, this is due to the fact that when new warheads appear, them like some experts believe that it is not enough to test only on a computer, which means they need to be tested in natural... natural form, well, these are the ideas in certain circles in the usa, they are floating around, they have a place to be, we know about it, well, so do we let's see if they carry out such tests, i don't rule it out, it's not necessary, we need it, we don't need it, we still need to think about it, but i don't rule out that we can do the same thing, well, we are technically ready for this, yes we are always ready, i i want it to be clear, this is the same. it's not, it's not

conventional types of weapons, this is the type of military service that is in constant combat readiness, vladimirovich, well, after all , these are the difficult moments, i don’t know, last year at the front, in connection with kharkov or kherson, the thought did not cross your mind , tactical nuclear weapons, why, despite the fact that it’s the same? at the proposal of the then command of this group , a decision was made on our part to withdraw troops from kherson, but this did not mean at all that our front there was falling apart, nothing like that was close there wasn’t, it was simply done in order not to incur unnecessary losses among the redundant personnel, that’s all, this was the most important motive, because in the conditions, in the conditions of combat operations, when...

well, there is nothing secret here, i’m saying ,

listen, who do you think makes such decisions once asked the chief of the general staff, decisions from the other side, because someone, the one who makes the decision, understands. that people are sent to certain death because they don’t understand, i say, well, who makes the decision, why are they doing this, it’s pointless, senseless from a military point of view, i say, but what, well, i don’t know , the top political leadership there probably says, based on political considerations, that they have some kind of chance there, that means, to break through our defenses, there is some... then a chance to earn extra money by referring. what they have there means on the left bank, some kind of bridgehead, there is some chance to present their position beautifully at international meetings, the team has passed, all

the lower-level bosses are simply automatically handed over further, by the way, prisoners , which they were captured there, yes... never, that is, such a thought never occurred to you, no, why, but weapons exist in order to be used, we have our own principles, what do they say, what are we ready to use weapons, including any weapons,

including those that you mentioned, if we are talking about the existence of the russian state, causing damage to... sovereignty and independence, we have everything spelled out in our strategy, we do not changed. vladimirovich, when the outgoing president yeltsin invited you to run for president. your first reaction was: i’m not ready, exactly, this is direct speech, since then you, of course, have gone through a very great evolution.

i was scared because i thought that i was not ready to solve all these problems

and god forbid they do something even worse, that ’s what we were talking about, so i said absolutely sincerely, and if only i could come back , would repeat the same thing, but what then? became decisive, you went after all, well , he probably said such positive words, but later he

confirmed this again, in quite the same way in a positive way, i won’t talk about it now, and when work started, everything was completely different there, you know, when you work there you think, this, this, this, this right now you need this, now tomorrow this

it went and... i lost, then everything was different, and there was no chance, and that russia is now also in a position where it is necessary to play abank, firstly, i didn’t have such a situation then, right, because, yes, i, uh, wanted to work in the state security agencies and...

i would not have gotten into university, but would have gone to serve in the army, yes, this is my longer there was a path to the goal that i set for myself, but it still existed, but there is always an alternative, but you acted with tension, well, yes, of course, because i studied after all - at school with chemical and mathematical bias, but here it was necessary to take humanitarian subjects, i had to leave one thing to do with the other, well, yes, of course, there was tension, i had to learn on my own and... the foreign language german in this case i had to study

history, literature there, and so on . russia is now also at a crossroads, or it turns out that either russia is not at a crossroads, it is on the strategic path of its development and will not turn away from its path. which one? but it seems to me that i have a feeling that people have been waiting for this for a long time, that here is an ordinary person,

he will be a demanded by the country and b, the fate of the country depends on him, this is a feeling of an internal connection with the homeland, with the fatherland, of his importance in deciding key tasks in this case in the field of security, it brought this one to the surface. the strength of the russian and other peoples of russia, you feed off of this always, the point is not that it feeds, someone feeds, the point is that i see the request of society.

feels such a scale of responsibility , to tell you honestly, i don’t feel it at all, i’m just working in the interests of russia, in the interests of our people, and yes, i understand what you’re talking about now, and i’m ready to comment on it, but so that i somehow- sometimes i felt like some kind of arbiter of some kind of world destinies, then there is no such thing,

i would like to draw your attention, here you are absolutely right, here many people in the world seem to be looking at us, at what is happening in our country in our struggle for our interests, in my opinion, what is important, what, and why does this happen? not because we are formally members of brix, there or we have some kind of traditional relations with africa, this is also important, this is important, but the essence, in my opinion, is completely different, it lies in the fact that...

what - even it’s not about the leadership of these countries, i want this, although this is very important, but ordinary citizens of these countries, they feel with their hearts what is happening, our struggle for our independence and true sovereignty, they connect with their aspirations for their own sovereignty, independent development, but this service is due to the fact that...

but they must understand that the vampire ball is ending, you are hinting at them, as you put it in your appeal to colonial habits, here you are talk about this, this is how everything happens, yes, this is how everything happens, but now you have painted a completely fair picture, when people see some kind of hope in russia, that’s how... it so happened that western propaganda, despite all her powers, her colossal resources and tools, she couldn’t pupate russia like that, isolate her, create a false image for her, although she tried in the minds of billions of people, that’s how it happened, but because

what i just said is more important for people , this is what people feel all over the world in the heart. they don’t even need any pragmatic explanations for the events that are happening, then despite the wave of this dirt, yes, yes, well, in their own countries they are still fooling people, and this has an effect, so in many countries they believe that what this corresponds to their interests, because they want to have on their borders such a huge country as russia, the largest in the world in terms of territory, the largest in europe in terms of population, but not such a large population in global terms. cannot be compared with either china or india, but the largest in europe in terms of population, and now the fifth in the world in terms of economic size, well, why?

western weapons and war at the hands of ukrainian nationalists, they will put an end to russia, this is where the slogan came from: inflict a strategic

defeat on russia on the battlefield, but later it came the realization that this was unlikely, and even later that it was impossible, and the understanding came that instead of a strategic... defeat, they were faced with the powerlessness they faced, and with powerlessness, despite the fact that they believed, relied against the might of the all-powerful united states, they were faced with powerlessness before the unity of the russian people, before the fundamental foundations of the russian... financial and economic system, its stability, and before the growing capabilities of the armed forces of the russian federation. and so then they began to think, well

, those who are smarter began to think that it would be necessary to change some kind of strategy in relation to the russian federation. but then the idea arose to resume the negotiation process and find some way to end this conflict. look - where are the real interests of russia, these are dangerous people, by the way, because with people who are guided by such base principles, it’s easier to fight with them, we remember how in russia they said how happiness for some, but... what was the rash, drunk and nose covered in tobacco, but with such people it’s easier, it’s a rash, drunk, that is,

ate, got drunk, nose covered in tobacco, because they used snuff, but now your nose is covered in cocaine, yes, well, well, it doesn’t matter, with such people it’s easier, well, with smart people it’s more difficult, they are more dangerous, because they influence the consciousness of society, including ours, they will throw away... all their desires under the guise of carrots for us, you already drew attention to this when you asked a question about the possibility of a negotiation process, but nevertheless, this is where contradictions within the western community, these are obvious things, we see it, we are not going to engage in splits there, they themselves will do it brilliantly, but we will certainly strive for it. observation of our interests, i can’t help but ask, vladimirovich , these attacks on the belgorod and kursk

regions, just military actions that are taking place in our regions, they behave more brazenly, they feel something, what caused this, well, the explanation is very simple : all this is happening against the backdrop of failures on the line of contact, on the front line, neither one nor the other they did not achieve one of the goals that they set for themselves last year, and moreover, now the initiative has completely passed to our armed forces, everyone knows this, everyone recognizes it, here i think i won’t say anything new, but against the backdrop of those failures they need... to show something, and mainly, attention should have been focused on the information side of the matter, here - on

the state border line, which means that the enemy tried to attack, first of all, with sabotage groups, here is the latest report of the general staff , somewhere up to 300 people, in including with the participation of foreign mercenaries, and the enemy’s losses amounted to more than 300 people, more than 200, somewhere around 200.

in this, in general, i would like to say that the people of the older generation are the ones thanks to whom today we have a fairly strong stable statehood and the economy , including, because despite all the ups and downs, the most difficult trials for the economy of temporary care for people who need it in the nineties, it survived thanks to their heroic work after.

defense, we will have to do all this together in the field of ensuring your security and multiply, and the future will be secured. thank you, your confidence is contagious for success in your noble endeavors. thank you, thank you, thank you. this was an interview with vladimir putin, the host of the vgtrk vesti nedeli program, dmitry kiselyov.