The West has opened a " nuclear war Pandora's box" in Russia , according to an expert who spoke to Kremlin -backed media outlets. Knewz.com has learned that Russia has lowered the threshold for a nuclear response to any attack on its territory—including the land Vladimir Putin has annexed over the course of the Ukraine war . It has been reported that earlier this week, the Kremlin announced a new executive order from the Russian President that states that "the emergence of new military threats