NUCLEAR THREAT ISN’T A BLUFF, RUSSIA’S MEDVEDEV WARNS WEST

Tue 27 September 2022:

It is “certainly not a bluff,” according to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who stated on Tuesday that Moscow has the right to defend itself with nuclear weapons if it is pushed beyond its breaking point, Reuters reportd.

As tensions with the West over the referendums held in large parts of Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory rise, Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, also issued a warning that Moscow has the right to respond “without much consultation.”

Putin warned the West that he was serious when he said he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia on Wednesday by ordering Russia’s first mobilization since World War Two and supporting a plan to annex large portions of Ukraine.

The president may use nuclear weapons, in accordance with Russian nuclear doctrine, if the state is threatened existentially, including by conventional weapons.

“Let’s imagine that Russia is forced to use the most fearsome weapon against the Ukrainian regime which had committed a large-scale act of aggression that is dangerous for the very existence of our state,” Medvedev said in a post on Telegram.

Medvedev, who campaigned as a liberalizing president from 2008 to 2012, has made hawkish statements about the Ukraine conflict on a regular basis.

“I believe that NATO would not directly interfere in the conflict even in this scenario,” Medvedev said. “The demagogues across the ocean and in Europe are not going to die in a nuclear apocalypse.”

Around 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads are held by Russia and the United States, who remain by far the world’s biggest nuclear powers.

“I have to remind you again – for those deaf ears who hear only themselves. Russia has the right to use nuclear weapons if necessary,” Medvedev said, adding that it would do so “in predetermined cases” and in strict compliance with state policy.

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