Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov said American policy is "extremely hostile" toward Russia.

Moscow has warned Donald Trump against resuming the testing of nuclear weapons when he takes office, saying it would “not rule anything out” in response to US aggression.

Russia’s point man for arms control cautioned Donald Trump’s incoming administration on Friday against resuming nuclear testing, saying Moscow would keep its own options open amid what he said was Was

Ministers warned the US that its nuclear arsenal is intended to ‘sober up’ countries on the ‘brink of direct armed conflict’ with Russia

One of Vladimir Putin’s ministers warned Donald Trump that Russia would not be “ruling anything out” when it came to nuclear testing once the president-elect is in office. Post-Soviet Russia has not tested their nuclear weapons since 1990 while the US last tested in 1992.

Moscow signals potential responses on nuclear testing as it faces a challenging international climate and what it calls an extremely hostile American policy under Trump's administration. Following discussions of a U.

Russia and the United States have not conducted a nuclear test since 1992 but Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister says his country "does not rule anything out".

After the US and Russia tested a nuclear bomb in the 1990s, Russia signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1996 and ratified it in 2000.