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‘More NATO’: Finland Accession Is Own Goal For Kremlin
Part and parcel of Vladimir Putin's efforts to spin his war of conquest in Ukraine as something other than the bloody manifestation of an imperialist fever dream, entails parroting an old cliché: The best defense is a good offense.
For years, Russian state media and the Kremlin's global network of unofficial propaganda channels, have insisted that NATO poses some manner of threat to Russia.
Such narratives run the gamut from mostly plausible (i.e., NATO is a military alliance, and it does ope
Also the coming pan-Nordic air force and de facto security partnership with Sweden, and Vlad faces nothing but NATO on his northern borders.
Presuming that he’ll eventually need to distract with another “special operation” after losing in Ukraine, his best choices might be Belarus or Georgia. Or perhaps Moldova, though I’m not sure how he’d be able to move significant forces there once Ukraine controls its own airspace. I’d guess China will warn him off Azerbajian, Kazahstan, etc. If, that is, he lives that long.