Dangerous game: nuclear factor in the Ukrainian crisis

Russia and the USA conduct with the beginning of an aggravation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict almost opened "nuclear game" — in different forms and with the different purposes. Both Moscow, and Washington perfectly realize existence of a nuclear factor in this conflict. The main goal of Russia — to keep the USA and NATO from direct intervention in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The United States are inclined to believe that Russia will not be or will not dare to use the nuclear weapon and therefore Washington can safely give military support to Ukraine. The relations between the parties are tense, and also possess internal logic of self-escalation, which...