The United States of America believes that Russia conducted experiments related to nuclear weapons that caused the release of nuclear energy, writes b92.
This was announced in a State Department report submitted to Congress.
At the same time, the State Department pointed out that it has no information about Russia conducting such experiments in 2019.
"There is a possibility that Russia is conducting tests in such a way that nuclear energy is released from explosives containers. This raises concerns about Russia's obligations regarding notification in accordance with the agreement," the foreign policy department pointed out.
The document also expresses concern that Moscow may not be fully complying with its obligation to notify Washington of nuclear tests under the 1974 Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Tests between the Soviet Union and the United States, Sputnik reports.
At the same time, the United States does not accuse Russia of violating the agreement.
The State Department's position is that Moscow should notify Washington of such experiments, so that Washington can verify the testing in connection with the protocol of the agreement.
The Russian side has not yet commented on the mentioned report.
The agreement between the Soviet Union and the USA on the limitation of the power of underground nuclear tests, which was signed in July 1974, limits the threshold of the power of underground forces of nuclear tests to up to 150 kilotons and also foresees a system of mutual control over compliance with the Agreement, that is, the parties are, according to this agreement, under the obligation to inform each other about upcoming experiments.
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