Former Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov talks before receiving the "Dresden Prize" in the Semper Opera in Dresden, Germany, 17 February 2013. The prize is worth 25,000 euros. The alarm was signalled while he was on duty at the command center for the Soviet Air Defence Forces on 26 September 1983. The 73 year-old judged the alarm to be a false alarm preventing a nuclear attack on the USA. Photo: OLIVER KILLIG

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