Joe Brunoli
2 min readFeb 21, 2024

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The Reuters article quotes Medvedev reacting to the Polish threats to enter the wwar officially and send troops into ~Ukraine to fight Russia. That's just a normal response.

The CNBC article discusses Russia's very reasonable warning that, if Finalnd joins NATO, Russia will need to station troops along the Russo-Finnish border (where there are currently none) and Russia would have to include Helsinki in its nuclear strategic weapons targeting regime. Again- all very reasonable. Russia was telling Finland: "you join NATO, and you are putting a target on your back".

The AlJazeera article is misleading. Kallas is on a "wanted" list for having ordered the removal of Soviet-era monuments, which is now a crime in Russia. It has nothing to do with war or invasion.

The DW video has to do with Latvia passing discriminatory laws against Russian speakers, who make up 25% of the Latvian population. These laws have been condemned by the United Nations, and Putin has condemned them as well. If they do nto change, Russia may impose sanctions or other measures. There is nothing to indicate aggression or invasion.

The Guardian article is about a dispute over Russia's access to Kaliningrad. Lithuania is blocking access and tghe transpoirt of goods to Kaliningrad, which is sovereign Russian territory and to which RTussia has the right of access by treaty. Lithuania has decided to break the treaty, and may shut down access altogether. What do you think would happen if Cuba set up a blockade around Puerto Rico???

So all in all, you have not given me one valid citation, not one example of Russian officials threatening invasion. What Putin and Medvedev have said is nothing compared to the threats that pour every day ot of the White House.

Just look at what Western governments are threatening over Navalny!!!

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Joe Brunoli
Joe Brunoli

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