Why do we need a world if Russia's not in it ?

During his evening programme tonight, Russian state TV presenter Dmitry Kiselyov delivered a monologue in which he posed the question: “why do we need a world if Russia’s not in it?”

He was considering President Putin’s announcement today that he is putting Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert.

“In total our submarines are capable of launching over 500 nuclear warheads, which guarantees the destruction of the US and all Nato countries to boot,” he said on his Vesti Nedeli show.

"That’s according to the principle ‘why do we need a world if Russia’s not in it?’

“Russia’s nuclear weapons are also delivered by the fastest strategic bombers in the world,” he said, adding that “we won’t even talk about our Strategic Rocket Forces”.

“In total, Russia’s nuclear capability is the most powerful in the world,” he said.

“Now Russia’s entire nuclear triad has been placed on special alert. Putin warned them. Don’t try to frighten Russia.”

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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

There are plenty of idiotic TV personalities in the world.

Russia putting it's strategic forces on alert would happen during a conflict anyway. This was a pretty common occurrence during the Cold War. Generally speaking the times we came closest to "end of the world as we know it" the general public didn't find out about it till decades later.

This is posturing.

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Dmitry Konstantinovich Kiselyov is a Soviet and Russian journalist, presenter, news executive and a propagandist. He is known as "Putin's mouthpiece." In 2013, he was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to head the new official Russian government-owned international news agency Rossiya Segodnya. He also serves as deputy director of Russian state TV holding company

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@RodionRomanovitch Interesting facts about him but that doesn't change what I said.

People are acting like this is a bigger deal than it is. I think most people are so far away from the first cold war they forget what it was like.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow The Russian TV presenter is not idiotic. He is doing only what he is told, sticking to scripts he is given.

He might see through the Kremlin lies and "spin" but is too intelligent to show that!

Don't shoot the messenger - though the Kremlin might if he failed to deliver the message as it has approved.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@ArishMell Please. That literally does not happen anywhere even in absolute monarchies. lol

Put down the bad movie script already.

Northwest · M

@RodionRomanovitch Dmitry Konstantinovich Kiselyov is Russia's Kellyanne Conway, in more ways than one, with the added bonus of having a stage all to himself. No one else is allowed to express opinions.

One thing he forgot to mention, and must be on ever Russian's mind: even if he gets the drop on the West, the US, France and the UK, have beyond the grave world destruction capability. Not to mention, that a few days after he obliterates the West, maybe even a day, Russians will be drinking radioactive vodka, and will all be dead within months.

Kiselyov's daughter came out against the war, and was participating in protests, but her social media posts were deleted.

They all know this is not a war anyone can one. Everyone one dies, and the only option is not to play.

The Soviet Union reserved the use of nukes, only in the case that the Soviet Union was going to go away. It did, but voluntarily.

This remains the directive for Russia, but no one knows how far Putin takes the concept of "l'état, c'est moi". Hopefully all the people around him are more level headed. It is, however, clear why he and Trump got along so well.