Sergey Karaganov, a top official close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has warned that Russia would use nuclear weapons against Europe if it ever came close to losing a war. Karaganov is a former adviser to both Putin and Boris Yeltsin and currently leads Russia’s Council for Foreign and Defense Policy.
During a recent interview, Karaganov dismissed the idea of a Russian defeat by Europe as a “fantastic illusion.” He blamed the discussion of such an outcome on the “intellectual incapacity” of European leaders.
