The U.S. Has a Strong and Unified Russia, Says Peskov

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, commented today on a statement made by former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who said that Washington is interested in maintaining a strong government in Russia that will continue to control the country's nuclear arsenal.

"It turns out that the U.S. has what it is interested in. They have a strong and unified Russia that controls all nuclear weapons. These words can be perceived as a statement that corresponds to reality," said the Kremlin spokesman.