A state-run Russian TV channel has advised people to pack essentials in preparation for World War Three. The Kremlin-owned channel suggested the ideal supplies for survival and told people to pack iodine to protect the body from radiation.
The report on Rossiya-24 came amid deep tension over Syria and as a top military analyst warned that the world already has the Cuban Missile Crisis Mark Two. However, in the same report they also claimed there were too many Western scare stories about a catastrophic global conflict.
Alexander Golts told Rain TV in Moscow: “A year ago when I said we had entered a new Cold War, nobody agreed with me.
"Now everyone agrees but it has become clear that events in this second Cold War develop a lot quicker....“It's only just started and, here you go, we already have Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0.”
The bomb shell advice included stated: “The food supply for doomsday includes many items but the main idea behind packing an emergency stock is less sweets, more water. “
Viewers were told to pack rice - “it can be stored for up to eight years, oatmeal for three to seven years”.The Russian favorite of buckwheat only lasts one year, they were informed.
“Obviously, you can survive on tinned meat for quite a while - up to five years, while canned fish keeps for not more than two years...“Of course it is hard to do without milk, at least powdered, sugar and salt...“Russian tradition suggests we should buy pasta in times of cataclysms...“But professional survivors do not recommend taking this product into bomb shelters.” READ MORE
