Russian President Vladimir Putin said in September 2022 he'd be prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend Russian territory.
"I think this is an extreme case. I believe that we are far from having exhausted all the possibilities of victory without the use of nuclear weapons," the Russian political commentator told news outlet Fontanka on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Form.
Russian political philosopher and ideologue Alexander Dugin speaks during a memorial ceremony for his daughter Daria Dugina, on August 23, 2022 in Moscow, Russia. Russian media commentator and political activist Daria Dugina was killed in a car bomb attack in August 2022. "But of course, I understand, as our president said, that there will be no world without Russia at all. This needs to be taken seriously," Dugin continued.
In an article titled"A Difficult But Necessary Decision," published by Kremlin-linked website Russia in Global Affairs, Karaganov, chairman of Russia's Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, suggested his country should ramp up its nuclear rhetoric to push the West to"back down."
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