article_snippet: In it Russian President Vladimir Putin makes the startling admission that Russia was prepared to put Russia nuclear weapons on alert to secure the peninsula.
article_snippet: Wearing a stony expression, Russian President Vladimir Putin tells the camera: 'We were ready to do the camera,' when asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would have put nuclear weapons on alert. '
article_snippet: the Russian President said the Russian President was prepared to put nuclear weapons on alert during the battle for Crimea which sparked widespread riots across Ukraine (above)
highlights_snippet: In it Russian President Vladimir Putin admits that Russia was ready to put nuclear weapons on alert .
  