Seriously? This isn’t a game of ‘Chicken’. There’s no doubt the Biden admin put together this provocative move because Ukraine isn’t fairing well.
Is there a history of ‘Russians’ in these other countries being abused? I don’t believe so.
Russia regards itself as being ‘abused when anyone, anywhere, does anything to slow down or resist their expansionism.
“Is there a history of ‘Russians’ in these other countries being abused? I don’t believe so.”
It would be invented as soon as the Russians wanted an excuse for a military intervention. And gullible people would fall for it.
the Finns wanted to join NATO — but only after Putin invaded Ukraine.
Polls before February 2022 showed only about 10 to 15% of Finns supported joining NATO (the “far right” mainly). After February it jumped up and hit up to 75% wanted to join NATO.
This was purely due to Pooptin’s invasion of Ukraine.