Medvedev reported this information to TG, URA-Inform reports.
Medvedev called NATO a huge military bloc, mentioning that the population of the Alliance countries is about 1 billion, and the total military budget can reach one and a half trillion dollars.
At the same time, he said , that due to the incomparability of military potentials, in the event of a war between the Russian Federation and NATO, Moscow will immediately use nuclear weapons and will no longer fight with ground forces, as in Ukraine.
«Due to the incomparability of our military potentials , we simply will have no choice. The answer will be asymmetrical,” he clarified, adding that such a step is provided for by military doctrine. – And this is the very notorious Apocalypse. “The end of everything,” Medvedev said.
He added that «Russia has repeatedly talked about the absence of plans for a conflict with NATO countries», and called conversations about this in the West « dangerous chatter». According to Medvedev, Western politicians should tell their voters about this, and not talk about readiness for war with Russia.
We recall that it was previously reported that the Russian Foreign Ministry began to threaten Western countries: for which Zakharova accused the Baltics.< br>