The SAKER is suggesting that Russia will not be annihilated in the event Nuclear War with the West breaks out ? Mutually Assured Destruction is a definite, there will be no winners in a nuclear war between the USA and Russia. One thing is for sure, once Russia lauches an offensive nuclear missile, HUNDREDS if not thousands, of retaliatory missiles will be fired at Russia from all countries in NATO, not just the USA and just as assuredly as the mainland USA will be destroyed, so will it be that Russia will be completely annihilated. As for this clown, the SAKER, and his disparaging remarks about the 'sophisticated' remarks of the avg. American, does 'The Saker' imagine that the avg Borscht eating Russian peasant is any more sophisticated ?
Finally if 'The SAKER' is living in the USA, I would like to invite him/her/them to leave and go back to Momma Russia, she has not missed you but you belong there, not in the USA !!!