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Russian expert: Putin nuclear threats are serious

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February 15, 2023

Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats should be taken seriously, a Russian foreign & defense policy expert tells DW. Dimitri Trenin, who served in Russian military intelligence, says the Kremlin sees the war in Ukraine as an “existential” fight.

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