[sbhn]

Anything russia is capable of, that scares america, is promoted by the american administration since, well, that is there job security, ie, saving you from the enemy. Maybe its fake news, but the money to be made from validating it, ie converting public money into a private monet, is to good an opportunity to refuse.

[ceejayoz]

I don’t think an impractical nuke from 1961 is gonna move the needle much.

[AnimalMuppet]

This was released by Rosatom, which the US administration does not control.

[Andrew_nenakhov]

According to some members of the Congress, the US administration is controlled by us Russians. 4d chess you know.

[chromedev]

Yes, but they aren't scared of bombs but instead hidden tapes.

[mhh__]

At the near-height of the Cold War, the US had a spy called Adolf Tolkachev. He has - somewhat romantically - been called the "Billion dollar spy", because he handed over strategically important information about Russian military capabilities (RADAR ceilings and the like). This allowed the US to change course, and spend the money on the right things. He was later betrayed by Aldrich Ames and/or Robert Hanssen.

It's not quite that simple.