via The Fiscal Times With its central bank in panic mode and international markets dubious about its economic future, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government made the obvious choice: It sent Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov out in front of reporters to suggest that Russia might move nuclear weapons onto the Crimean peninsula. “Crimea has now become part of a country that has such weapons under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,” Lavrov told the Interfax News Service. “And by international law, the Russian state has all grounds to dispose of its legitimate nuclear arsenal in accordance with its interests and in accordance with its international legal obligations.” “The term 'nuclear-free zone' has never been used for Crimea,” added Lavrov. Honestly, If I were him, I wouldn't do it, It's too close to the borders and the sea.
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