Yeltsin Controls Russian Nuclear Arsenal
Yeltsin Controls Russian Nuclear Arsenal
Moscow
INTERFAX, 14 July 1995
[FBIS Transcribed Text] Moscow, July 14 (INTERFAX) --
Despite his illness Russian President Boris Yeltsin fully
controls the country's nuclear arsenal, presidential
spokesman Sergey Medvedev told INTERFAX in an interview
today.
He said the so-called "nuclear button" or the special
communication system was following the president
everywhere. According to Medvedev, Yeltsin now has the
"nuclear button" in the Central Clinical Hospital.
Medvedev said Yeltsin was fully aware of the events in
the world and the military situation and was maintaining
permanent contacts with the Russian defense minister and the
country's top generals.
Last time Yeltsin had to use the special communication
system when a Norwegian scientific missile put on alert the
Russian anti-missile defense.
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