re: #96 Shropshire Slasher

He knows that any use of even tactical nuclear forces will have a large psychological effect on Europe and generally be much more detrimental to their economy that to Russia’s.

Lowering the Nuclear Threshold can never be seen as good news: people are going to be hesitant to invest in a part of the world where nukes are going off.

He is also counting on Russia being able to weather economic downturns longer and more quietly & obediently than Western Europe.