Russian president Vladimir Putin, in an offsite meeting with heads of the world’s leading news agencies during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 5-8, 2019.

In the near future, we may all have to live under a nuclear weapon in space, unless governments “take some practical steps towards … a joint [peace] effort,” warned Russian president Vladimir Putin at a news briefing in St. Petersburg, Russia earlier this week. 

“There is no formal negotiating process, and everything will expire in 2021,” he told heads of the world’s leading news agencies. Unless there’s such a joint effort, “there will be no more instruments to limit an arms race, or, for example, deploying weapons in outer space.”

“Everyone is pretending to be deaf, blind or dyslexic.”  — Putin

“Do we understand what this means or not? Ask the experts. It means that each of us will have to live at all times, say, under a nuclear weapon. Permanently! Will anyone ever think about it, talk about it, or show any concern? No, complete silence …. Clearly so! Everyone is pretending to be deaf, blind or dyslexic. We have to react to this somehow, don’t we? 

“The most recent conversation I had with President Trump, I must say, inspires certain optimism, because Donald told me that he too was concerned about this. He is fully cognizant of the amount of arms-related expenses incurred by the United States and other countries. …

“We should take some practical steps towards making a joint effort,” Putin advised.

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