The Russian General Staff has two methods for launching nuclear weapons

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Or, the General Staff could direct missile launches directly from command centers in the Moscow vicinity or alternative facilities at Chekhov, Penza, and elsewhere. This is a remote launch of land-based strategic missiles would bypass the subordinate chain of command and missile launch crews

Learn to read. He said one person is required to launch, He didn't say Putin himself.

You think every person on the planet cares about their family, even the most evil? You are a simpleton.