Not a mere deterrent, but threatening the world with nuclear war - How is this not terrorism?

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The risk of nuclear war between Russia and the West is now "considerable," according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
https://fortune.com/2022/04/26/russia-lavrov-nuclear-war-risk-ukraine-kuleba-podolyak-musk-twitter/

Russia threatens to move nukes to Baltic region if Finland, Sweden join NATO
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/14/russia-baltic-nuclear-deployment-finland-sweden-nato/

Putin has threatened nuclear action. Here's what Russia is actually capable of
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/08/1085248170/putin-has-threatened-to-use-his-nuclear-arsenal-heres-what-its-actually-capable-

Russia reasserts right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/26/russia-reasserts-right-to-use-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine-putin

“The Threat is Increasing”: Kremlin Keeps Blurring Its Red Line Around Nuclear War
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/the-threat-is-increasing-russia-blurs-red-line-nuclear-weapons-ukraine

Hmm...

Terrorism is not legally defined in all jurisdictions; the statutes that do exist, however, generally share some common elements. Terrorism involves the use or threat of violence and seeks to create fear, not just within the direct victims but among a wide audience.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/terrorism

Terrorism is defined by the nature of the act, not by the identity of the perpetrators or the nature of the cause; key elements include:

Violence or the threat of violence
Calculated to create fear and alarm
Intended to coerce certain actions
Motive must include a political objective
Generally directed against civilian targets
Can be a group or an individual

https://www.rand.org/nsrd/projects/terrorism-incidents/about/definitions.html

“Politically motivated violence or the threat of violence, especially against civilians, with the intent to instill fear” - The gold standard definition for terrorism in social research. (Link)

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