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NIKITA Khrushchev, when head of the old Soviet Union, once uttered the spine-chilling threat to Western leaders: "We will bury you." Perhaps Khrushchev - the John Prescott of Russian Communism - was just exaggerating to make his point. A populist unused to the western media, Khrushchev probably did not realise everything he said might be taken literally.
So how should we treat yesterday's pronouncement by General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the Russian deputy chief of staff, that Warsaw's decision to accept a US anti-missile defence system on its soil opens the possibility of a nuclear first strike by Russia against Poland? Is this a genuine threat? Or is it just exaggerated language designed to grab Poland's attention?See the full content of this document
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Leader: Fewer Threats, More Diplomacy From Russia
One thing is for sure, General Nogovitsyn's remarks were not new. Similar veiled threats were made last year by none other than Vladimir Putin, who also warned Poland against housing US anti- missile systems: "We cannot be responsible for ...
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