The dual messaging − nuclear muscle-flexing at home, high-profile diplomacy abroad − fits a pattern the Kremlin has used repeatedly.

Russia deployed Oreshnik, its latest hypersonic, nuclear-capable missile, to Belarus last year

Russia and Belarus launched joint military exercises on Monday to practice the combat deployment of tactical nuclear weapons, marking the first such drills since Moscow deployed…

Rússia mobiliza 64 mil para manobras, que incluem simulação de ação tática de Belarus contra a Otan