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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed
The part I put in bold is relevant to my initial fear of what the Russians are doing. Its not so much 'why' they are doing it, but more about that uneasy feeling (once again) of East against West. Its almost got a cold war feel about it and that doesn't lay easy with me, or am I just being over alarmist?
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It could be getting that way but I don't think it needs to be: the West has been overplaying the Russian threat and making it out to be a bigger danger than it is imo. In a way I think it's been happening ever since the breakup of the USSR: that should have provided a chance to bring a reformed Russia back into the international fold but instead they've been treated with hostility ever since. In the years since then Nato has continued to expand eastwards and Western foreign policy has been more aggressive while Russia has been forced to give up much of its territory and until the last two or three years hadn't been that influential on the world stage, yet they are treated as the great menace? I think there's a lot of resentment in Russia about that which has fuelled nationalism over there and its why they're quite enjoying reasserting themselves again now.