Andreas Kluth, Columnist

Putin Ups the Ante With Nukes in Belarus

If anybody thought the Kremlin might be ready to talk peace, the Russian president has just proven the opposite.

March 26, 2023 at 5:03 PM UTC

Andreas Kluth is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US diplomacy, national security and geopolitics. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of Handelsblatt Global and a writer for the Economist.

The nuclear handshake.
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Let’s all hope that Chinese President Xi Jinping sees this outrage as a personal affront and gives his “friend” in Moscow a good talking to at once.

Only days ago, Xi was paying Russian President Vladimir Putin a visit — to discuss their collaboration, but also to talk him out of nuclear escalation and into a peace process with Kyiv. This weekend, Putin did the exact opposite.