Russian TV anchor Dmitry Kiselyov, said to be Vladimir Putin's favorite TV personality, had some provocative words for those opposing the Russian president's Ukraine gambit: A leading anchor on Russian state television on Sunday described Russia as the only country capable of turning the United States into "radioactive ash", in an incendiary comment at the height of tensions over the Crimea referendum. "Russia is the only country in the world realistically capable of turning the United States into radioactive ash," anchor Dmitry Kiselyov said on his weekly news show on state-controlled Rossiya 1 television. I guess it depends on the meaning of "radioactive ash" to judge whether Mr. Kiselyov is correct. China could destroy several cities in the US - as long as they didn't mind being bombed back to the stone age themselves. Interestingly, Russian nuclear readiness and maintenance has been questioned in the west. We just don't...(Read Full Post)