Russia's top spin doctor in nuclear warning

By Steve Rosenberg
BBC News, Moscow

10 October 2016 Europe

Russian state TV host Dmitry Kiselyov has a reputation for attacking the West.

Critics call him the "Kremlin's chief propagandist". And like many other top Russian officials, he is on the Western sanctions blacklist.

But the warning he delivered to Washington in last night's edition of his show News of the Week was, even for him, particularly dramatic. "Impudent behaviour" towards Russia may have "nuclear" consequences, he said.

"A Russian takes a long time to harness a horse, but then rides fast," said the news anchor, quoting a famous Russian saying.

By "riding fast", Kiselyov was referring to a string of recent Russian military deployments:

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