Russia announced it still maintains a direct crisis hotline with the United States and NATO, as nuclear risks rise during the most intense standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War.

Russia also significantly lowered the threshold for using tactical nuclear ... hotline, which was originally a teletype connection and now operates as a secure email link, grew out of cold war ...

So, the risk of nuclear weapons use and the potential for Russian-American ... concluding multiple arms control agreements and bringing about the end of the cold war. The hotline could serve Trump ...