Poland joining NATO was "an existential threat" to Soviet Russia, too. It's bullshit. The CCCP pretty much collapsed on its own.
There's no "threat" now. Putin is just desperately trying to rebuild what Gorbachev already lost.
There's no "threat" now. Putin is just desperately trying to rebuild what Gorbachev already lost.
Had there been another plan, make prosperity by other means then yes, this whole thing would not be any threat, they’d have embraced it and played along and won on different fronts: they almost had the entire Europe dependent on gas. But then Mr Putin blew it.