http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7198181.stm
Why does Russia feel so threatened that it needs to remind us that it will use nuclear weapons to defend itself? I thought the cold war ended in 1991...Russia's military chief of staff has said Moscow is ready to use force, including pre-emptively and with nuclear weapons, to defend itself.
Gen Yuri Baluyevsky said Russia had no plans to attack anyone, but it was important that other countries clearly understood its leaders' resolve.