The Kremlin Threatens with Nuclear Weapons, but Deliberately in Vague Terms.

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Russia threatens NATO that it will retaliate hard and ‘by all means’ if the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad is attacked, but does so deliberately in vague terms to leave the West uncertain about its nuclear intentions. ‘A deliberate strategy of nuclear ambiguity,’ according to senior researcher Sergey Sukhankin of the American think tank Jamestown Foundation. The way the Kremlin packages its threats suggests a willingness to use nuclear weapon…