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Top Putin Lackey Urges Russians to Choose Violent Death Over War Defeat<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p>In his latest speech last week, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/missiles-rain-down-on-ukrainian-cities-in-massive-wave-of-kremlin-airstrikes">Vladimir Putin </a>was desperate to convince foreign audiences that a so-called “new world order” was on the horizon. In his remarks, given at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, the Russian president dropped some key messages to those who dared to question his vision of the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-foreign-minister-sergei-lavrov-tells-russian-diplomats-to-bid-farewell-to-west">Kremlin's new place on the global stage</a>—both with what he said out loud, and what he didn’t.</p> <p>Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, asked Putin about comments he made four years ago on the potential use of nuclear weapons. “You said that we would all go to heaven, but we’re in no hurry to get there, right?” In response, Putin held a long theatrical pause. He wouldn’t answer the question. Lukyanov noted: “You’ve stopped to think. That’s disconcerting.”</p> <p>In a response that seemed to spotlight the descent of Russian foreign policy to nuclear terror tactics, Putin scoffed: “I did it on purpose to make you worry a little. Mission accomplished.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/margarita-simonyan-urges-russians-to-choose-death-over-defeat-in-ukraine-on-kremlin-state-tv?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty

In his latest speech last week, Vladimir Putin was desperate to convince foreign audiences that a so-called “new world order” was on the horizon. In his remarks, given at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, the Russian president dropped some key messages to those who dared to question his vision of the Kremlin’s new place on the global stage—both with what he said out loud, and what he didn’t.

Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, asked Putin about comments he made four years ago on the potential use of nuclear weapons. “You said that we would all go to heaven, but we’re in no hurry to get there, right?” In response, Putin held a long theatrical pause. He wouldn’t answer the question. Lukyanov noted: “You’ve stopped to think. That’s disconcerting.”

In a response that seemed to spotlight the descent of Russian foreign policy to nuclear terror tactics, Putin scoffed: “I did it on purpose to make you worry a little. Mission accomplished.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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