No one would survive in US-Russia nuclear war: Putin

International Desk: Russian President Vladimir Putin says if the United States and Russia decided to use their nuclear weapons in a potential conflict with one another, no one would survive that war to claim victory.

“I don’t think anyone would survive such a [nuclear] conflict,” said Putin in an interview by American film director Oliver Stone, which is to be broadcast next week as a documentary titled “The Putin Interviews” by a US-based cable network.

Stone had asked Putin whether the US would emerge “dominant” in a “hot war.”

In the interview, a short portion of which was made available to RT as a teaser for the documentary, Putin further described the US-led NATO military alliance as an instrument of American foreign policy and said those states that join the organization as members inevitably become US “vassals.”

“Once a country becomes a NATO member, it is hard to resist the pressures of the US. And all of a sudden, any weapons system can be placed in this country. An anti-ballistic missile system, new military bases, and if need be, new offensive systems,” said the Russian president.

Russia has long been concerned by the military alliance’s expansion toward its borders.

In the interview, Putin said NATO was persistently looking for an enemy to justify its existence.

Source: Agencies

 

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