“The man hand-picked by Russian President Vladimir Putin to lead the country’s state media appeared on a nightly news program on Sunday to say his country could “turn the U.S. into radioactive dust.”
In the clip, Dmitry Kiselyov, the recently installed head of Russia Today, stood before a giant mushroom cloud and proclaimed, “Russia is the only country in the world realistically capable of turning the United States into radioactive dust,” or ash, depending on the translation.”
Watch the clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teZZMrnWUNw
Read more here: http://mashable.com/2014/03/16/russia-radioactive-ash/
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses the insane comments. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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I am reminded of the Doomsday machine in Dr. Strangelove.
I’m new here so I don’t know if I can post a link, if not do a YouTube search for “Dr Strangelove Doomsday Machine”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmCKJi3CKGE
Ha. Just watched this on my iPhone. Youtube subtitles interpreted “Dmitry Kiselyov” as “Dmitry Pissing me off.” Apropos.