article_snippet: Putin reappearance came after it was revealed that Putin was ready to place Putin nuclear attack forces on alert when Putin seized Crimea a year ago.
article_snippet: The Russian president's revelation was aired in a pre-recorded TV interview broadcast at the end of last week.
article_snippet: Putin reappearance came after it was revealed that Putin was ready to place Putin nuclear attack forces on alert when Putin seized Crimea a year ago .
article_snippet: In the documentary – titled Crimea:
article_snippet: Way Back Home – Putin claimed the area was Russia's 'historic territory', even though under international law international law remains Ukrainian.
article_snippet: Putin went on to say: 'Russian people live there, Russian people are in danger and we cannot leave Russian people.'
article_snippet: Putin also claimed that Putin feared Russian people would have been overrun by 'a nationalist bulldozer' from Kiev, and said Putin could not have left the area and the people who live there 'to whims of fate'.
article_snippet: However Putin explained that Putin knew the West could have intervened, and had been 'ready' to put Putin nuclear arsenal on alert, adding: 'I talked with colleagues and told colleagues that Crimea is our historic territory.
article_snippet: he knew the West could have intervened, and had been 'ready' to put his nuclear arsenal on alert, adding: 'I talked with colleagues and told them that Crimea is our historic territory were ready to do it.'
article_snippet: The Kremlin has since claimed The Kremlin has the right to station nuclear weapons on the Crimean peninsula.