Russian statements referring to the country's nuclear arsenal have alarmed the global public and analysts, recalling a climate we have not seen since the Cuban crisis in October 1962. What will the West do if Putin becomes more likely to use tactical nuclear weapons? ; In June 2020, President Putin approved the text of the "Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation for Nuclear Deterrence", which states: "The Russian Federation considers nuclear weapons exclusively as a means of deterrence."

The executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council., Andy Zemenides recently wrote about the situation on Cyprus, with the northern part so many decades under the yoke of Turkish occupation and oppression.The opinion piece published in ekathimerini has been forwarded to us and we reprint it here with the utmost respect for the writer, fellow journalists, and our readers.