Would Putin's nuclear bunker in Ural mountains save him from Armageddon?

Putin's bunker is thought to be deep beneath Mount Yamantau, around 230 miles from the site of the third worst nuclear disaster in history

, would having a place to hide be one of the most valuable resources of a world leader?

"In the event of an intercontinental nuclear war—while mountainous terrain would offer limited 'blast protection,' not even a mountain range would save the Russian president from the long-term aftermath of nuclear destruction. There's no hiding from the planetary and ecological Armageddon that large-scale nuclear conflict would cause," Thom Davies, an associate professor in geography at the University of Nottingham in the U.K.

"The safest place in the world in the event of full-scale nuclear war would be isolated geographies like

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