'The man who saved the world' dies in Russia
[Article] L'"homme qui a sauvé le monde" est décédé.
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'The man who saved the world' dies in Russia.Moscow (AFP) - Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet military officer who is widely credited with helping prevent a nuclear war with the United States, has died aged 77, his son told AFP on Tuesday. Petrov, whose extraordinary story was told in a documentary titled "The...
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Had Russian military officer Stanislav Petrov told his commanders of an imminent US nuclear strike in 1983, the Soviet leadership -- locked in an arms race with Washington -- might have ordered a retaliatory strike © AFP/File