'He advocates for replacing Western elites, including those in Britain, with leaders more amenable to Putin'

 

Like his bosom buddy Farage.

7 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

A fun movie!  Love Swayze.

 

Yeah - I loved Point Break.

 

I watched it to see what might happen if I rob a bank in a Ronald Reagan mask. 

On 10/29/2025 at 10:40 AM, CharlieH said:

Sergei Karaganov, adviser to Vladimir Putin, has suggested using a nuclear explosion to intimidate Britain's leadership into compliance.

Sergei Karaganov is a moron.

55 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

A fun movie!  Love Swayze.

 

I hate to admit that I even liked Dirty Dancing. 

 

Except that one cringeworthy line.  Nobody puts Baby in the corner...  Ouch.

 

Trump channeling Slim Pickens.  Major T. J. "King" Kong.

This is based on a propaganda piece in the Express, as linked in the OP.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2126706/russias-professor-doomsday-sends-terrifying

 

The original headline of the Express article is Russia's 'Professor Doomsday' sends terrifying WW3 threat to 'destroy UK with nuke', but the article itself says nothing of the implied first strike.

 

"He warned that a new world war is coming, which can only be stopped if the West clearly understands that the Kremlin will use atomic weapons."

 

The impression is that Western leaders apparently don't believe Putin would use nuclear weapons in response to NATO use of (tactical?) nuclear weapons, so Russia should conduct training exercises to show ability to respond.

 

“First, we still need to conduct exercises of our strategic and sub-strategic forces that would demonstrate to our British and, God forbid, French neighbours that we can deliver a disarming strike.”

 

Exercises mean deploy units, set up, run target simulations, and maybe even fire off an UNarmed missile.  NATO does it all the time, no big deal.

 

But the article makes up even more phantastical threats!

 

This appears to mean a nuclear test strike, perhaps in the Arctic, intended as a direct warning to the UK and France.

 

Nothing of the sort, of course, just fearpornmongering.  He even notes that this would be preparations for a retaliatory strike.

 

“If one warhead nevertheless flies out, then those two countries will be destroyed in their entirety,” he said.

 

Typical propaganda from the Express.

I imagine this could easily be used in a similar fashion:

 

“Moscow will be wiped off the map” — defense minister of NATO nation does not fear Putin’s threats

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/moscow-will-be-wiped-off-the-map-defense-minister-of-nato-nation-does-not-fear-putin-s-threats/ar-AA1PtR08