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Why would the West want to invade Russia?

11 February 2022

4:00 PM

11 February 2022

4:00 PM

A June 2016 Levada poll found that 68 per cent of Russians think NATO troops in the Baltic States and Poland are a threat to Russia. Obviously, President Vladimir Putin’s domestic scare campaign worked. Most state-sponsored scare campaigns do work (refer Covid).

Those Russians who think that western countries wish to invade Russia have no idea why that would be the case.

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