[expat1000]

I agree with your concerns but I would add that government run Russian TV today broadcast the message that "we (Russia) will turn America into Radioactive Ashes".

That is not accurate, and it was only a talking head that said this:

“Russia is the only country in the world realistically capable of turning the United States into radioactive ash,” anchor Dmitry Kiselyov said on his weekly news show on state-controlled Rossiya 1 television.

[Avid Coug]

““Russia is the only country in the world realistically capable of turning the United States into radioactive ash,” anchor Dmitry Kiselyov said on his weekly news show on state-controlled Rossiya 1 television. “

Just think. A couple years ago, Obama was trying to push unilateral nuclear disarmament by the US as a way to appease Russia and make the world “safer”. It looks like Putin couldn’t wait for Obama to do his part.

[FreeReign]

It was a threat. And the “talking head” is paid by the Russia Government.