NATO countries should not be afraid of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats. The Kremlin is using them only as an attempt to weaken military assistance to Ukraine from the West, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says Answering a journalist’s question about whether NATO countries should respond to Putin’s nuclear threats, Rutte said no. NATO allies “should not and do not” listen to sabre rattling by Vladimir Putin, he said. According to Rutte, NATO’s Steadfast Noon nuclear exercise, which begins next week, will demonstrate the Alliance’s readiness to respond to the Kremlin’s threat…