Russia is also downsizing military presence along NATO borders. Norway - down to 20% of pre-2022: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-forces-near-norw

Russia is also downsizing military presence along NATO borders. Norway - down to 20% of pre-2022: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-forces-near-norway-are-20-fewer-than-before-ukraine-war-norways-armed-2023-09-16/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-forces-near-nor... Finland "border almost undefended"- : https://www.ft.com/content/f7587dc3-3518-4084-b68a-1dd00ab83e2e https://www.ft.com/content/f7587dc3-3518-4084-b68a-1dd00ab83... It was never about fear of NATO. It was about expanding the empire - and feeding a autocratic dictatorship that needs a common enemy and distract from the absurdity of having the maybe the country richest in the world in natural resources - and yet a large portion of the population doesn't have indoor plumbing, while an oligarch-elite murders opposition and flies helicopter to get to their super-yacht...