Johnson revealed whether Putin would push the nuclear button

British former Prime Minister Boris Johnson believes that Putin's use of nuclear weapons is unlikely. The politician made such a statement in an interview with NV.

He pointed out that if Putin pressed the nuclear button, it would be the beginning of a catastrophe for Russia and Putin himself.

Putin would be crazy to use nuclear weapons," Johnson said.

He also pointed out that Putin's attitude towards nuclear weapons makes China and India nervous.

It would be a disaster for Putin's hopes of retaining the support of China, all the swing voters, the Indians. Countries that now sympathise with him would be immediately alienated. And I think the Russians themselves would be extremely frightened if Putin used nuclear weapons, because they would fear reprisals against Russia," Johnson said.

Recall, Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan called for the detonation of a nuclear bomb over Siberia. Putin's close friend Mikhail Kovalchuk said the day before that Russia needs to detonate nuclear weapons to demonstrate its determination to the West.

Russia has also seriously started talking about withdrawing its signature to an international treaty banning nuclear tests. According to State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, the initiative comes from Vladimir Putin - he allegedly raised the issue at a meeting of the Valdai discussion club.