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For more than half of a century, nuclear weapons have coexisted with us and remained the most powerful means of destruction. The “Club of Nuclear Powers” has been steadily joined by new members of whom not all can boast of internal stability or absence of conflict with neighbor-countries. Moreover, the weapons can fall into the hands of terrorists.

Let us stay sober in our judgments. The way to full and comprehensive elimination of nuclear weapons is hard and long. The fighters for the nuclear disarmament will have to laboriously untangle the complicated web of governmental and business interests. Yet the hardships should by no means force us to abandon the noble goal of delivering the world from the nuclear threat. 

Mikhail Margelov is a Russian political figure and international relations expert who is Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. In 2000, Margelov served as a consultant to Vladimir Putin’s Electoral Headquarters, in charge of contacts with the foreign media. Margelov graduated from the Institute of Countries of Asia and Africa, affiliated with Moscow State University.