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Meduza in English (meduza_en@masto.ai)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 08:06:14 JST Meduza in English

Following yesterday's announcement that Vladimir Putin seeks "clarification" of Russia's nuclear doctrine, Meduza weighs how much closer the president's proposed changes could bring Moscow to launching a nuclear strike. https://t.co/S3yuN9Ksy2
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  Putin wants to ‘clarify’ Russia’s nuclear doctrine, but any escalatory actions will depend on how the Kremlin interprets its own wording — Meduza
  
  At a National Security Council meeting on September 25, Vladimir Putin announced several proposed changes to Russia’s nuclear deterrence doctrine. The proposals, which Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later called a “signal” to Western countries, would expand the number of scenarios in which Moscow reserves the right to use nuclear weapons. The announcement comes as Ukraine is pushing its allies to lift restrictions on using Western-made long-range weapons to strike deeper into Russian territory. The Kremlin’s proposed “clarifications” are likely aimed at countering the threat of such attacks and weakening Western support for Ukraine. Upon analyzing Putin’s remarks, Meduza found at least two conditions for the use of nuclear weapons by Moscow that arguably have already occurred during Russia’s war against Ukraine. However, this doesn’t mean that Putin is any closer to launching a nuclear strike; in all likelihood, this rhetoric is meant to act as a deterrent, for now.

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