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 by Staff Writers Sochi, Russia (AFP) Oct 18, 2018
Russians will "go to heaven" as martyrs in the event of nuclear war because Moscow will only ever use nuclear weapons in retaliation, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. "We have no concept of a preemptive strike," Putin told a forum of international experts in the southern city of Sochi in response to a question from the audience. "In such a situation, we expect to be struck by nuclear weapons, but we will not use them" first, he said. "The aggressor will have to understand that retaliation is inevitable, that it will be destroyed and that we, as victims of aggression, as martyrs, will go to heaven. "They will simply die because they won't even have time to repent," he said to some laughter from the audience. Putin last year unveiled "invincible" new weapons that would render Western missile defence systems obsolete. In 2016 he called for the country to reinforce its military nuclear potential.
France sued for 'crimes' over nuclear tests: Polynesia leader United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 9, 2018 A complaint has been filed at the Hague-based International Criminal Court against France for alleged crimes against humanity over nuclear tests conducted in the South Pacific, a French Polynesian opposition leader said on Tuesday. "It's with a great sense of duty and determination that we filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court on October 2 for crimes against humanity," Oscar Temaru, who is also the French archipelago's former president, said at the United Nations. "This case aims ... read more
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