Threats

Almost 49% of Americans do not believe that the US government can be trusted on the issue of Chinese spy balloons.

The Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) has prepared an annual report listing the key threats to the country's national security. Its authors note the growing importance of nuclear weapons for Russia due to the "weakening of conventional capabilities," Kommersant notes.

The medical institutions of Moscow received anonymous messages with the threat of mining. This was announced by a representative of the capital's emergency services in an interview with RIA Novosti.

"President Vladimir Putin has never threatened me or Germany during telephone conversations," German Chancellor Olaf Schultz said, answering a question from a correspondent of the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.

Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko said that Tokyo is implementing a policy of abandoning the peaceful development of the country and moving to forced militarization. The diplomat warned that when creating military threats from Japan, Russia will take retaliatory measures.