with a nuclear club, and now deputy minister of foreign affairs of the russian federation sergey ryabkovrussia allegedly does not plan to deploy nuclear weapons in other countries. let's listen to what ryabko said. no, not planning. the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of belarus was carried out as part of countering the increasingly aggressive and dangerous activities of the north atlantic treaty organization . with the united states, drawing a line by this alliance led by the united states on the task of russia's strategic defeat, expanding the practice of joint nuclear nato missions and many other things. our joint decision with minsk to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus is determined by the line of collective action. is it possible to conclude from these words, mr. volodymyr, that russia, with all these nuclear threats, has simply... taken three steps back, because the leaders of this country were told something about what would happen to them if they used nuclear weapons? well, the leaders were told back in the 22nd year, and then the intensity of swi