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

Russia's point man for arms control cautioned Donald Trump's incoming administration against resuming nuclear testing, saying Moscow would keep its own options open.

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.

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.

Russia, with 5,580 warheads, and the United States, with 5,044, are by far the world's biggest nuclear powers, holding about 88% of the world's nuclear weapons, according to the Federation of American Scientists. China has about 500 warheads.

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.