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Pavel Felgenhauer: Russian prepares for total war with the West

By Pavel Felgenhauer.

Published Dec. 11, 2020. Updated Dec. 11 at 12:15 pm

People walk along a pedestrian bridge by Zaryadye Park in central Moscow, with the Russian Foreign Ministry office building and one of the Kremlin towers (L) in background, on March 17, 2018.

Photo by AFP

According to the pro-Kremlin pollster FOM, the majority of Russians (53 percent) consider the threat of nuclear war “real,” with most believing the main threat is coming from the United States. Some 39 percent of Russians do not believe in an impending nuclear war with the West.