‘America is Lying as Easily as it Breathes’-Russian Duma Committee Deputy Chairman on Ukraine Crisis

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs Vyacheslav Nikonov. He discusses Russia’s conducting of nuclear weapons drills amid high tensions with the US and NATO allies over the Ukraine crisis, whether Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to invade Ukraine in the coming days, NATO’s expansion since the fall of the Soviet Union and ignoring of Russian security concerns, the potential effects of US, British and European sanctions on Russia in the event of an invasion of Ukraine and much more.