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A non-member states: Finland’s ex-PM on NATO

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Is the Threat of a Russian Invasion of the Baltics Less Than It Was Three Weeks Ago?

I would not be concerned about the security situation if i was from one of the baltic states. I thought this was where putin's actions would end. Soi is really difficult to say how far he will go. A lot of people are doing psychaanalysis, irrationality, rationality and the rest forget that he's very rational from his own perspective. Hiis goal simple. He wants a historic russia. E is looking as a revessionist power. And that's why he has the backing of 80 % of the russian public at the moment. Of course, that's also due to a fairly heavy disinformation campaign.

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