Russia's 'Professor Doomsday' declares nuclear missiles a 'gift from God' and they 'must be used' It comes after Putin staged a mock nuclear war, launching scores of missiles By Will Stewart and Sabrina Penty Published: 05:02 EDT, 31 October 2024 | Updated: 05:11 EDT, 31 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments An adviser to Vladimir Putin has called nuclear weapons a 'gift from God' and demanded that they must be used in order to 'not anger' Him. Sergei Karaganov, who heads the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy and is known in Russia as Professor Doomsday, said: 'The fact that we have nuclear weapons is the result of the intervention of the Almighty. We must not anger God.
And that's why we must actively use the weapons that he gave us for self-salvation.' He also declared that failure to actively use nuclear weapons is a sin against the Soviet and Russian people, noting how several lost their lives in order for the country to be in possession of them. The trigger-happy professor explained that God 'somehow prevented the Germans, who were ahead of everyone, from acquiring' nuclear weapons.
'Then he helped us, with the hands of Oppenheimer [and] Fuchs. Adviser to Putin Sergei Karagnov has said that nuclear weapons are are a 'gift from God' and not using them would be considered a sin against Russia Karaganov's comments come after Putin this week staged a mock nuclear war when he launched scores of missiles capable of unleashing a 'massive' strike in a stark warning to the Wes.