Grigory Karasin called on NATO to take seriously statements about a nuclear response to the blockade of Kaliningrad

Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin called on NATO to take seriously the statement of Russian diplomats, as well as the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, about Moscow’s readiness to use nuclear weapons to protect the Kaliningrad region. The senator stated this in a conversation with Lenta.ru.

“The determination to defend the territorial integrity and independence of one’s homeland is always inherent in Russia, before that in the Soviet Union, and so on. It's in our blood. Therefore, if someone tries to provoke an attack on our foundations, then indeed this is all fraught with a forceful response. There is no doubt about it,” Karasin said.

According to the senator, the West's desire to blockade Kaliningrad is an invasion of Russian territory.

“This is no longer a game, this is not an imitation, but this may be a harbinger of a great international drama. Therefore, this must be taken very seriously. The statement was not made by chance and, it seems to me, quite timely,” the politician concluded.

Earlier, Peskov said that Russian diplomats remind hotheads in Europe that the nuclear response to the blockade of Kaliningrad is established by regulatory documents. According to the Kremlin representative, Russia has repeatedly heard quite rabid statements from Poland and other European countries in which the topic of Kaliningrad was touched upon.