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Russian President Vladimir Putin has effectively lowered the threshold for what would prompt a nuclear response. In a strongly worded warning to the West on Wednesday, Putin said that any attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country. Host Marco Werman gets the story from Pavel Podvig, director of the Russian Nuclear Forces Project in Geneva, Switzerland.