MOSCOW, Oct 9, SPA -- President Vladimir Putin on Monday condemned the North Korean nuclear weapons test, Russian news agencies reported, and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that the force of the blast was five to 15 kilotons. «Russia certainly condemns the test conducted by North Korea,» the Interfax news agency quoted Putin as saying. «Enormous damage has been done to the process ofnonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction in theworld.»--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/395059