my take is, he is testing the nato.
it was originally there to oppose the warsaw pact, which broke with the soviet union.
so what is natos purpose?
we have seen time and again that nato bases are set up to opose the russian federation.
then whats it gonna do if i poke it in a country that is formally not yet a member?
everybody is trying to get putin "back" to the table, they dont realize he already memorized what is on it and is not interested in anything that is being offered there...
everybody is trying to get putin "back" to the table, they dont realize he already memorized what is on it and is not interested in anything that is being offered there...
there is a russian playbook from 1997 that putin might be playing by: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics#Con... it's outlining a possible version of russians geopolitical long game