Baltic States
I visited the
three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in 2017 before bussing to St
Petersburg, Russia from Tallinn, Estonia.
A subject of
considerable concern in these three small Baltic countries bordering Russia,
was that, whether or not they were in NATO, Putin would find some way to
re-absorb them into Russia. This became
exacerbated when Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022 and tried to make that country
part of Russia once again.
Now that their two
big brothers in the North, Finland and Sweden, both substantial military
powers, have joined NATO, Baltic leaders in Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn are
breathing a little easier.
The recent
meeting of NATO in Vilnius, attended by 31 counties, and also by Zelenskyy of
Ukraine, sent an unmistakable message to Putin about these Baltic states and
about any further attempts at Western expansion by Russia.
Ray Gruszecki
July 15, 2023
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