Putin seen with ‘nuclear button’ as election called and Kremlin rival emerges

DAILY STAR

As an election looms for Russian president Vladimir Putin, there may be a few strange tactics he deploys to get the best of Kremlin rivals.

The world leader is no stranger to dirty tricks and the sinister tactics displayed by the Russian president in recent days has certainly turned heads. Putin, 71, was spotted viewing a simulation of the “nuclear button”.

The 71-year-old is currently seeking re-election and just days ago was spotted looking at a mock control panel for nuclear war while observing blast and mushroom cloud images.

Pictures of the president showed him overlooking a simulation of what could occur should he push the big red button – a world-ending implication the despot has threatened a number of times.