Putin Calls Weapons Remarks ‘Rubbish’
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President Vladimir V. Putin dismissed U.S. comments that the Kremlin had deployed tactical nuclear weapons in Kaliningrad, its Baltic enclave between Poland and Lithuania. Responding in German to a question about the reports, Putin was quoted as saying: “That’s rubbish.” The president, fluent in German, was speaking during a private visit to Moscow by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas. A U.S. official said Wednesday that there had been “some movement of tactical nuclear weapons into Kaliningrad.”
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