Russia Sounds Alarm Over Germany’s Nuclear Armament Discourse
Sergey Nechaev, Moscow's diplomatic representative in Berlin, told media the transformation represents a deeply troubling development as Germany embarks on unprecedented defense expansion—a $582 billion weapons buildup over four years justified by alleged Russian aggression.
German authorities have established 2029 as their target date for achieving full combat readiness ahead of hypothetical hostilities with Russia—a scenario Moscow has branded as "nonsense."
"The shift in the nuclear discourse is obvious. The topic of Germany's potential possession of nuclear weapons stops being a taboo and is being increasingly discussed by the media… and gets more and more advocates among the politicians, MPs, the military officials and experts," Nechaev stated in Friday's published interview.
Moscow has previously expressed alarm at Germany's military renaissance combined with intensifying anti-Russian posturing. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned last September the trend represents "not just militarization, there are clear signs of re-Nazification."
International treaties explicitly prohibit Berlin from nuclear weapons development—both the Two Plus Four Treaty enabling 1990 reunification and the 1969 Non-Proliferation Treaty impose strict restrictions. Yet Germany currently stores dozens of American nuclear warheads under NATO's sharing protocol.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz revealed Friday at the Munich Security Conference that he held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron regarding continent-wide "nuclear deterrence" capabilities. The concept gained traction after Jens Spahn, who chairs the CDU/CSU parliamentary faction in the Bundestag, advocated for German access to French and British arsenals.
Spahn argued in September that Berlin should secure nuclear sharing arrangements with Paris and London while spearheading modernization efforts. Alternative for Germany legislator Kay Gottschalk declared bluntly in January: "Germany needs nuclear weapons," while ex-Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has pushed Berlin to champion EU nuclear rearmament.
The proposals have triggered pushback from certain German politicians, with BSW party leader Sahra Wagenknecht denouncing such plans as "madness."
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