Latvian foreign minister states Russia’s imperialist mentality, evident in Ukraine, will outlast Putin necessitating continued NATO deterrence against its ambitions.
From: Euromaiden Press BY YURI ZORIA
In his interview with The Telegraph, Latvian Foreign Minister Krišjānis Kariņš warned about Russia’s imperial ambitions, stating that “Russia right now…they are still an imperialistic country, viewing the world the way some European countries did maybe 100, 150 years ago.”
Kariņš, whose parents fled Soviet reoccupation of Latvia in 1944, has an acute awareness of the pathologies of the modern Russian psyche. He cautioned,
“From NATO’s point of view, we will have to deal with a problematic Russia, a dangerous Russia for a long time to come. Even after the end of this war – and all wars end eventually – we will still have a problem in Russia which will not be related directly to the rule of Putin.”
The minister cited the recent death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny…
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