Dmitry Medvedev, a former president of Russia and current deputy head of its security council, says Moscow could resort to a nuclear strike even in a conventional arms conflict, in remarks that came just days after he warned of a nuclear dystopia if Washington pressed on with what he claimed was a plot to destroy Russia.
Medvedev revived the specter of a nuclear strike in an interview published March 26 with state-backed media RIA Novosti, in which he outlined Russia’s military doctrine that allows for the use of atomic weapons if a conventional arms conflict posed an existential threat to Russia.
