The influential adviser certainly does not shy away from further threats. For example, he says American politicians shouldn’t expect the United States to respond in time if a “direct conflict” arises with Russia. “This is short-sighted and very dangerous stupidity,” Patrushev told Russia’s state-run newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
Russia is patient and intimidates no one with its military edge. But she has unique modern weapons that allow her to destroy any opponent, including the United States, in the event of a threat to her very existence.
Tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus
The threat from Patrushev, who is also the secretary of the Russian Security Council, follows after Putin announced his intention to place strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus. These are tactical nuclear weapons that Putin wants to place in a new facility to be built in Belarus starting July 1. Russia is not violating the nuclear non-proliferation treaty with the move, Putin says, because the United States has also deployed nuclear weapons with European allies.
Tactical nuclear weapons are very likely to actually be deployed. Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is a Putin loyalist and has previously received help from Russia to stay in power.
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