Global Nuclear Power: Russia

Russia has possessed nuclear weapons since 1949.

They currently have a stockpile of approximately 4,380 nuclear warheads.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly used Russia’s nuclear arsenal as a leverage in his war on Ukraine.

Global Nuclear Stockpile Map Russia

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    The 2024 Nuclear Notebook on Russia, which is published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and research provided by the Federation of the Atomic Scientists.

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    Article on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about nuclear risk in Ukraine.