Well, here we go. According to this piece, Russia is following its dream scenario trying to
persuade Baltic states to leave NATO in exchange for cheaper oil or gas.
Ukraine is NOT a
member of NATO, so there is no legal reason for Western allies protect it
against Russia’s attempts while Baltic states are members of NATO and thus can’t
be messed with. As it works out Russia has had a thought about it and here it
is – the solution – a deal! Russia is offering cheaper gas! Brilliant, isn’t
it? Who will not jump at such opportunity?
As impossible as
it seems, the silly little precedent is already there - Hungary on Monday approved a multi-billion-euro loan from Russia for
an upgrade of the country’s only nuclear power plant, which will increase
Hungary’s dependence on Moscow dramatically.
Sometimes I truly wonder how shortsaigthed ones
can be in Brussels? Does EU really wants its members to be tied in deals like
this right now with a country which by all means is acting like Devil’s empire
again? While unsettled blood is still pouring in Ukraine?
About possibility Baltics accepting the
Russian offer... It depends. The current generation of politics in Baltics had
been born and lived under Soviet Sun so there is always a possibility of
blackmail on top of legal way pro-Russian parties taking over at the next elections
which is rather possible. Back into the UdSSR?
