Zack Polanski Says He Would Try To Persuade Vladimir Putin To Give Up His Nuclear Weapons

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/69106d601500003f2c9c2ac6.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Vladimir Putin toasts after a ceremony for presenting the Russian Federation National Awards earlier this month." data-caption="Vladimir Putin toasts after a ceremony for presenting the Russian Federation National Awards earlier this month." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Vladimir Putin toasts after a ceremony for presenting the Russian Federation National Awards earlier this month.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/zack-polanski/">Zack Polanski</a> has said he would try to persuade <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/vladimir-putin/">Vladimir Putin</a> to give up Russia’s nuclear weapons if he becomes prime minister.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/green-party/">Green Party</a> leader said “it would be sociopathic behaviour to say you wouldn’t negotiate with a president or a prime minister” to bring about world peace.</p><p>He told <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/sky-news/">Sky News</a>: “I want to see everyone denuclearise, including Vladimir Putin.”</p><p>Presenter <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/trevor-phillips/">Trevor Phillips</a> told him: “That would be in the realms of the miracle.”</p><p>But Polanski told him: “You’re laughing at it but I think it’s important that we don’t laugh at peace.”</p><p>Phillips replied: “No, I’m laughing at the idea that Vladimir Putin is going to give up his nuclear weapons because someoby asks him to.”</p><p>The Green leader said: “Well you could have laughed at the point of Nelson Mandela ne