#Russia is opposed to using #nuclear weapons as a means of deterrence, as it adheres to the principle of minimizing civilian casualties, Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, said in a comment to American journalist Tucker Carlson. “We could have used them long ago and won, but we always proceed from common sense and the principle of minimizing civilian casualties,” Slutsky said.