Tensions were running high between the two superpowers, and the atmosphere was suspicious because of recent incidents.
It was an intense period of time in the relationship between the United States and Russia.
A known hardliner, Andropov was very wary of US activity. The Red Button is a 52-minute documentary film that tells the dramatic story of Stanislav Petrov, the Russian officer who, in 1983, saved the world from atomic war.ĭuring the early ‘80s, the Russian leader was Jurij Andropov, the most right-wing Soviet leader since Stalin. The Red Button was nominated by the Jury of the Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro for the Yellow Oscar 2012, for the best feature film of the festival.
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