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Putin’s nuclear threats: “At least during the Cuban missile crisis, there were backchannels”

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“At least during the Cuban missile crisis, there were backchannels.” François Picard’s panel compares Vladimir Putin’s current threats against the West with the 13 days when the world held its breath back in October 1962. With today’s Russia in retreat on the battlefield in Ukraine, who to prevent the master of the Kremlin from opting for the unthinkable? Full show https://f24.my/8was.T

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