As Russia’s Nuclear Saber-Rattling Increases, So Does Its Isolation 

Even its drone supplier and putative ally in sowing regional chaos, Iran, has taken some steps back from the Russian stage.

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Ukrainian soldiers prepare a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer to fire at Russian positions in the Kherson region, Ukraine, January 9, 2023. AP/Libkos

It is difficult to give Dmitry Medvedev credit for much, but the former Russian president who now heads the Kremlin’s security council does reliably demonstrate he knows how to generate headlines. He can do that with predictions that mix fallacy with false prophecy or by dangling the threat of nuclear war, as he did Thursday.

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