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This is from My quora feed posted in early December. Putin trying to stir up shit in Latvia.
According to Roman Svitan, Russia is preparing a hybrid war against Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland. FSB and GRU agents, Russian residents and newly arrived Russian citizens will be used. Should they be deported ASAP back to Russia?
Yesterday, Vladimir Putin openly threatened Latvia, where, according to him, 40% of the population are Russian-speaking, complaining about the request of Latvian authorities for their citizens to be able to speak Latvian.
”I don’t think that happiness will come to the homes of those who pursue such a policy. I don’t know how many there are now, but in Latvia, in my opinion, 40% of the population was Russian-speaking. Surely there are still a lot of them now. If they pursue such a policy in in relation to people who wanted to live in this or that country, worked there, created some benefits for this country, and they will be treated like a pig, then in the end they themselves will face such outrage within their own country,” stated Putin.
Kremlin bots in social networks immediately started repeating the idea that “Latvia is fascist, it treats its own people like a fascist state, Latvia needs denazification”. In all different languages, by the way, including Kazakh, Bulgarian, Serbian, Hungarian, and so on. X/Twitter gives such comments a boost (Musk isn’t a Russian spy, you are saying?).
This feels like deja vu.
Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014, occupying Crimea. It was war, but a hybrid, undeclared war.
“Green people” without insignia entered Crimean cities and took over important administrative buildings. Putin-alighted president Yanukovich didn’t give an order to resist. At first, Russia denied that these were Russian forces that entered Crimea, but later Putin admitted it.
And Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine didn’t start in 2014. For years before that, Russia was preparing forces within Ukraine, through “Cossack movements”, brainwashing them about “one people”, “brotherly nations”, “the world government” and “aggressive bloc NATO”. The movements weren’t large, but they were thoroughly brainwashed and prepped for action.
The Russian TV was prepping masses on the large scale, embedding the same ideas.
The WWII began in exactly the same way and it was called the “The Phoney War”.
Winston Churchill called it, “Twilight War". It was also called, “the Sitzkrieg” ("the sitting war": a word play on blitzkrieg created by the British press).
In French, it was referred to as the drôle de guerre ("funny" or "strange" war).
Meanwhile, Russians are accumulating missiles – they are replenishing their strategic stockpile, said the spokesperson of the Air Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ihnat.
In the last 3 months, Russia mostly has been using "Shaheds” to attack the peaceful cities if Ukraine. Now, they are not merely accumulating missiles; they are restoring their strategic reserves. Most of these missiles also serve as carriers for nuclear weapons. They need this critical stockpile to threaten NATO countries.
Russia has a lot of assets in Europe among Russian citizens who moved there or came “to study”. It is these assets that organize pro-Russian rallies in Germany, Latvia, and other European countries. The hybrid war of Russia against European Union, the UK and the USA has started in 2007 with Putin’s Munich speech.
European countries, and especially these near the border with Russia (including Kaliningrad region) must be especially vigilant in regard to their national security.
Sooner or later, Russia’s assets show their colors.
Deporting those who openly support the Russian aggression against Ukraine and start stirring political moods towards “protection of the Russian-speaking population” in Baltics is an understandable measure of precaution.”
According to Roman Svitan, Russia is preparing a hybrid war against Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland. FSB and GRU agents, Russian residents and newly arrived Russian citizens will be used. Should they be deported ASAP back to Russia?
Yesterday, Vladimir Putin openly threatened Latvia, where, according to him, 40% of the population are Russian-speaking, complaining about the request of Latvian authorities for their citizens to be able to speak Latvian.
”I don’t think that happiness will come to the homes of those who pursue such a policy. I don’t know how many there are now, but in Latvia, in my opinion, 40% of the population was Russian-speaking. Surely there are still a lot of them now. If they pursue such a policy in in relation to people who wanted to live in this or that country, worked there, created some benefits for this country, and they will be treated like a pig, then in the end they themselves will face such outrage within their own country,” stated Putin.
Kremlin bots in social networks immediately started repeating the idea that “Latvia is fascist, it treats its own people like a fascist state, Latvia needs denazification”. In all different languages, by the way, including Kazakh, Bulgarian, Serbian, Hungarian, and so on. X/Twitter gives such comments a boost (Musk isn’t a Russian spy, you are saying?).
This feels like deja vu.
Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014, occupying Crimea. It was war, but a hybrid, undeclared war.
“Green people” without insignia entered Crimean cities and took over important administrative buildings. Putin-alighted president Yanukovich didn’t give an order to resist. At first, Russia denied that these were Russian forces that entered Crimea, but later Putin admitted it.
And Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine didn’t start in 2014. For years before that, Russia was preparing forces within Ukraine, through “Cossack movements”, brainwashing them about “one people”, “brotherly nations”, “the world government” and “aggressive bloc NATO”. The movements weren’t large, but they were thoroughly brainwashed and prepped for action.
The Russian TV was prepping masses on the large scale, embedding the same ideas.
The WWII began in exactly the same way and it was called the “The Phoney War”.
Winston Churchill called it, “Twilight War". It was also called, “the Sitzkrieg” ("the sitting war": a word play on blitzkrieg created by the British press).
In French, it was referred to as the drôle de guerre ("funny" or "strange" war).
Meanwhile, Russians are accumulating missiles – they are replenishing their strategic stockpile, said the spokesperson of the Air Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ihnat.
In the last 3 months, Russia mostly has been using "Shaheds” to attack the peaceful cities if Ukraine. Now, they are not merely accumulating missiles; they are restoring their strategic reserves. Most of these missiles also serve as carriers for nuclear weapons. They need this critical stockpile to threaten NATO countries.
Russia has a lot of assets in Europe among Russian citizens who moved there or came “to study”. It is these assets that organize pro-Russian rallies in Germany, Latvia, and other European countries. The hybrid war of Russia against European Union, the UK and the USA has started in 2007 with Putin’s Munich speech.
European countries, and especially these near the border with Russia (including Kaliningrad region) must be especially vigilant in regard to their national security.
Sooner or later, Russia’s assets show their colors.
Deporting those who openly support the Russian aggression against Ukraine and start stirring political moods towards “protection of the Russian-speaking population” in Baltics is an understandable measure of precaution.”
