International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Russia is a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and is one of the ‘depositary’ or legal guardians of the NPT. Russia has signed and ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Russia operates 31 nuclear reactors and has five new nuclear reactors in various stages of construction. Exports of nuclear technology were worth USD$3,500 million to Russia in 2004.

Russia has approximately 15,000 nuclear warheads with an active stockpile estimated at just over 5,600. These are deliverable through submarines, aircraft, mobile vehicles and missile silos. Russia continues to deploy its new Topol-M ballistic missile and is developing a new submarine deliverable nuclear system.

Read the profile on Russia from the Model Nuclear Inventory (pdf), produced by the Reaching Critical Will project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.