He was filmed walking to another meeting in Beijing surrounded by security.
MOSCOW: Rare footage was shown today of Russian president Vladimir Putin in Beijing accompanied by officers carrying the so-called nuclear briefcase which can be used to order a nuclear strike.
In another clip, Putin walks out of a meeting in Beijing with the naval officers again filmed just a few paces from Putin who grins as he walks down some stairs.The satchel holds the codes the president would use to authenticate an order to launch nuclear missiles should he or she not be at the White House.
Russia’s parliament took the first step yesterday towards revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and its top lawmaker warned the US that Moscow might even abandon the pact altogether.
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