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Threats of a nuclear showdown, Russia’s Vladimir Putin tells NATO to back off

Vladimir Putin threatens NUCLEAR showdown over the West’s interference in Ukraine Express UK 2 Apr 15  VLADIMIR Putin has warned Nato to back off from interfering with Crimea or face a NUCLEAR response. By ROB VIRTUE Apr 2, 2015 In a secret meeting with Washington officials, Russia said it was looking at a range of actions over the threat of the West supplying weapons to Ukraine.

They also threatened civil disturbance by Russian nationals in the former Soviet states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, who are feeling increasingly threatened by their powerfulneighbour.

A report of last month’s meeting, seen by The Times newspaper, said attempts by Nato to return the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine would be met “forcefully including through the use of nuclear force”.

And it said the supply of weapons to Kiev would be seen as “further encroachment by Nato to the Russian border”.

Russia would hope slowly to entice those Russian populations towards Russia without giving Nato a pretext to deploy troops

The report of the meeting

Putin’s generals at the high-level gathering in Germany told the Americans they spoke with the approval of their president……http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/56

April 3, 2015 - Posted by | politics international, Russia

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