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Russia to build up forces in west to counter NATO threat - Shoigu (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

It won't, it's just bluster. With 90% probability they won't do jack shit to a NATO country because they know that'd be the end of us all. That 10% is the Russian sociopath factor; I could absolutely believe they'd prefer killing a huge chunk of humanity and themselves rather than look weak