Putin's fright and "red lines": in the Russian Federation look for targets to respond to long -range missiles - WP

The Kremlin can expect elections to the US to exacerbate the threat of nuclear war and help Donald Trump's victory, explained Western edition analysts. On the other hand, there are serious doubts about the use of nuclear weapons because the Russians see the hesitation of the Western countries. The Russian authorities are trying to find the most better way to respond to the West because of the intersection of "red lines".

On the one hand, the Kremlin sees the hesitation about the cancellation of the ban on the territory of the Russian Federation with Western missiles. On the other hand, there were so many nuclear threats that you needed to show some escalation. The possible answers of the Russian Federation and the use of elections in the United States are referred to in the article of The Washington Post.

The analysts of the publication have collected a number of comments from Russian political scientists, unnamed sources and Western experts on "red lines" of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the probable cancellation of Storm Shadow or ATACMS missiles. Among other things, they noted that the Kremlin head sees changes in the actions of the event, which is ready to ignore the lines drawn by him and not to submit to a large number of empty nuclear threats.

This situation does not like the Russians, and they require a real preschool answer. "This trend [cancellation of the prohibition - ed. ] His [Putin] scares, especially if it will lead to an increase in rocket strokes inside Russia. For Putin it is a quality shift that takes the situation to a new level and which can follow further extension," Journalists of the word political consultant from France Tatiana Stanova.

Nuclear blow is not about how many Putin is warned by the use of these weapons, in addition, it will not appeal to its partners in the south (China, India), analysts explained. It is also not an option-NATO bases in Poland and Romania, where the F-16 aircraft for Ukraine. Therefore, today the Kremlin is looking for other ways to answer the intersection of "red lines" is really suited, but as it will be - it is not clear, the article says. "There has been nuclear threats.

There are already immunity to such statements, and they do not frighten anyone," one of the anonymous interlocutors said. Among the possible answers of Putin, such as attacks on a ship in the Red Sea, which are proxy of Iran Yemeni Hutiv. Another "escalation" option is the closing of the UK Embassy in Moscow. In addition, it can start sabotage operations against military goals and infrastructure of Western countries.

Also, WP interlocutors emphasized that the Russian Federation will apply nuclear weapons in the event that the Russian leader really sees a threat to its regime. On the other hand, a nuclear response can be slowed down to the US presidential election. Then nuclear threats scare Americans, they will choose Republican Donald Trump and the situation for Ukraine will worsen significantly, Putin's possible plans explained in WP.