Story highlights<\/h3>\n\nLatest craze in Moscow is war game in which players race to find nuclear codes<\/p>\n
Russian officials are playing on fears, staging a mass nuclear drill<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n\n \u201cAttention! Attention!\u201d blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. \u201cThe nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Inside a room styled as a Soviet-era nuclear bunker, a couple of Russians race to prevent a catastrophic strike on the United States.\n <\/p>\n
\n Their quest \u2013 the latest craze in Moscow \u2013 is to find the nuclear launch codes and deactivate a hidden red button, which has already been pressed by a mad Russian general.\n <\/p>\n
\n It\u2019s complete fantasy; just an interactive game hosted in a building in a former industrial area of the city, harking back to the fears of the Cold War.\n <\/p>\n
\n But amid the current tensions with Russia, in which potential nuclear confrontation with the West has again been raised, it feels a little unsettling.\n <\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \u201cI\u2019m worried because there is very stupid information from both sides,\u201d said Maxim Motin, a Russian who has just completed the Red Button Quest game.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI know that normal people all over the world don\u2019t want any war,\u201d he added.\n <\/p>\n
\n But Russian officials have been preparing the nation for the possibility of conflict, stoking deep-seated concerns about a standoff with the West, Russia\u2019s old Cold War rival.\n <\/p>\n
\n Russian television has been broadcasting a mass training exercise, involving up to 40 million people across the country. It is designed to prepare responses, the government says, for a chemical or nuclear attack.\n <\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n The video shows emergency workers with protective suits and gas masks leading the civil defense rehearsal, the biggest of its kind since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It suggests the Kremlin wants Russians to take the threat of war very seriously.\n <\/p>\n
\n Of course, all-out conflict between Russia and the West remains highly unlikely.\n <\/p>\n
\n Analysts say the principle of Mutually Assured Destruction \u2013 or MAD \u2013 still holds as a deterrent, just as it did during the Cold War.\n <\/p>\n
\n But with tensions growing over Syria, Ukraine, and the Baltic states, analysts say a small risk of contact, misunderstanding and escalation between the nuclear superpowers has become very real.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI don\u2019t think nuclear war is likely,\u201d says Fyodor Lukyanov, editor of Russia in Global Affairs, a prominent foreign policy journal.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut when two nuclear superpowers are operating with their military machines in the same area, very close to each other and they don\u2019t have proper coordination, any unintended thing can happen,\u201d he told CNN.\n <\/p>\n
\n It is a risk the Kremlin seems keen to play up, with state television upping its hardline rhetoric in recent weeks.\n <\/p>\n
\n In its flagship current affairs show, Russia\u2019s top state news anchor, Dmitry Kiselyev \u2013 dubbed the Kremlin\u2019s propagandist-in-chief by critics \u2013 recently issued a stark warning of global war if Russian and US forces clash in Syria.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cBrutish behavior towards Russia could have nuclear dimensions,\u201d he declared.\n <\/p>\n
\n The Russian defense ministry has also released details of the latest intercontinental ballistic missile being added to its nuclear arsenal.\n <\/p>\n
\n The Satan 2, as it\u2019s known, will be the world\u2019s most destructive weapon, guaranteeing Russia\u2019s place as a top nuclear power.\n <\/p>\n
\n It is an apocalyptic vision that adds a further sense of realism to the fantasy quest being acted out by gamers in Moscow.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI know that now in schools in Russia they tell the children that our main enemy is the US,\u201d said Alisa Sokoleva, another Moscow gamer.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut it sounds ridiculous to me and I\u2019m totally sure that war is impossible,\u201d she adds.\n <\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n Back in the fake Cold War bunker, the Russian gamers have cracked the launch codes and deactivated the missile launch. The United States, it seems, has again been saved from this virtual Russian nuclear attack.\n <\/p>\n
\n Hopefully, the real world will be spared such a confrontation too.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Latest craze in Moscow is war game in which players race to find nuclear codes<\/p>\n
Russian officials are playing on fears, staging a mass nuclear drill<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n \n \u201cAttention! Attention!\u201d blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. \u201cThe nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Inside a room styled as a Soviet-era nuclear bunker, a couple of Russians race to prevent a catastrophic strike on the United States.\n <\/p>\n \n Their quest \u2013 the latest craze in Moscow \u2013 is to find the nuclear launch codes and deactivate a hidden red button, which has already been pressed by a mad Russian general.\n <\/p>\n \n It\u2019s complete fantasy; just an interactive game hosted in a building in a former industrial area of the city, harking back to the fears of the Cold War.\n <\/p>\n \n But amid the current tensions with Russia, in which potential nuclear confrontation with the West has again been raised, it feels a little unsettling.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019m worried because there is very stupid information from both sides,\u201d said Maxim Motin, a Russian who has just completed the Red Button Quest game.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI know that normal people all over the world don\u2019t want any war,\u201d he added.\n <\/p>\n \n But Russian officials have been preparing the nation for the possibility of conflict, stoking deep-seated concerns about a standoff with the West, Russia\u2019s old Cold War rival.\n <\/p>\n \n Russian television has been broadcasting a mass training exercise, involving up to 40 million people across the country. It is designed to prepare responses, the government says, for a chemical or nuclear attack.\n <\/p>\n \n The video shows emergency workers with protective suits and gas masks leading the civil defense rehearsal, the biggest of its kind since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It suggests the Kremlin wants Russians to take the threat of war very seriously.\n <\/p>\n \n Of course, all-out conflict between Russia and the West remains highly unlikely.\n <\/p>\n \n Analysts say the principle of Mutually Assured Destruction \u2013 or MAD \u2013 still holds as a deterrent, just as it did during the Cold War.\n <\/p>\n \n But with tensions growing over Syria, Ukraine, and the Baltic states, analysts say a small risk of contact, misunderstanding and escalation between the nuclear superpowers has become very real.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI don\u2019t think nuclear war is likely,\u201d says Fyodor Lukyanov, editor of Russia in Global Affairs, a prominent foreign policy journal.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cBut when two nuclear superpowers are operating with their military machines in the same area, very close to each other and they don\u2019t have proper coordination, any unintended thing can happen,\u201d he told CNN.\n <\/p>\n \n It is a risk the Kremlin seems keen to play up, with state television upping its hardline rhetoric in recent weeks.\n <\/p>\n \n In its flagship current affairs show, Russia\u2019s top state news anchor, Dmitry Kiselyev \u2013 dubbed the Kremlin\u2019s propagandist-in-chief by critics \u2013 recently issued a stark warning of global war if Russian and US forces clash in Syria.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cBrutish behavior towards Russia could have nuclear dimensions,\u201d he declared.\n <\/p>\n \n The Russian defense ministry has also released details of the latest intercontinental ballistic missile being added to its nuclear arsenal.\n <\/p>\n \n The Satan 2, as it\u2019s known, will be the world\u2019s most destructive weapon, guaranteeing Russia\u2019s place as a top nuclear power.\n <\/p>\n \n It is an apocalyptic vision that adds a further sense of realism to the fantasy quest being acted out by gamers in Moscow.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI know that now in schools in Russia they tell the children that our main enemy is the US,\u201d said Alisa Sokoleva, another Moscow gamer.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cBut it sounds ridiculous to me and I\u2019m totally sure that war is impossible,\u201d she adds.\n <\/p>\n \n Back in the fake Cold War bunker, the Russian gamers have cracked the launch codes and deactivated the missile launch. The United States, it seems, has again been saved from this virtual Russian nuclear attack.\n <\/p>\n \n Hopefully, the real world will be spared such a confrontation too.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a> Story highlights Latest craze in Moscow is war game in which players race to find nuclear codes Russian officials are playing on fears, staging a mass nuclear drill CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 \u201cAttention! Attention!\u201d blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. \u201cThe nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour.\u201d Inside a room styled as a Soviet-era […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7710],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7710"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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