What Does Sweden’s NATO Membership Mean for Russia?
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On the battlefield, the war in Ukraine has been a major failure for Russia. However, this is not the only politico-military bad news the Kremlin has suffered.
One of the big arguments Moscow used to try to justify its atrocious invasion was to prevent NATO from continuing to expand eastward at all costs. According to the Russian government, this was an absolutely unacceptable risk for them.
Today, dear friends, things have taken a 180-degree turn. The invasion of Ukraine made countries such as Finland and Sweden consider changing their status. In April 2023 Finland did it and soon Sweden will do it. It will be the biggest leap in terms of security for Europe in several decades. Why? We tell you in this video.
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It's russia's fault that led to finland and sweden to join nato. If it weren't for the war in ukraine, this two countries would have both remained neutral.
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@@FlamingBasketballClub 🤡
@@vals.1908 They had no reason to join NATO since Russia wasn't an imminent threat, now that Putin show that he has no qualms on breaking treaties nilly willy just gave them the final straw that broke the camel back, if he stayed quiet and waited until NATO lost it's purpose and shrunk more maybe he would have a chance.
Actually it was nato expansion that caused Russias security concerns and led to the conflict in Ukraine. Finland & Sweden have put great big nuclear targets over both their countries for siding with the globalists.
@@vals.1908 yeah
Russia: "We are expanding Russia to stop NATO expansion"
Finland: "We are joining NATO in response to Russian expansion"
Russia: "Wait don't do that!"
Sweden: "We are also joining NATO in response to Russian expansion"
Russia: "Well.... $#*!"
Mind Begs the Question:
Torah burning - Anti Semitic
Quran burning - Freedom of Expression/Democracy?
@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeingssee that is the thing people have the right to express themselves and that includes burning a bunch of paper scraps. I don’t know what that truly says about the muslims if a book gets burned and they act like their child was stabbed.
Mind Begs the Question:
If a Religion - Encourages exercising Thought
If a Govt - Discourages exercising Thought
Advanced - Govt,Religion?
@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings actually religion run governments often discouraged free thought. Just look at a lot of the Middle East right now. They have fallen behind a lot.
@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings If religion encourages exercising thought... Ahahahah! Lololol!!!
Kinda funny that Turkey said that they will never let Sweden join NATO intill there's laws against burning of the Quran. But all it took was to dangeling som f-16s in front of Erdogan and he throwed the Quran out the window XD
Who else but Erdogan:v
Maybe the words in the book are more important than the books themselves, if you knew what was in that book you would be less concerned seeing them burned.
It was a RuZZia agent who burned the book!
@@Jabzor Well i read the message of the Quran and its no wonder why people are burning it. Its awful. No matter if its the book or the words the point is Erdogan dont give a singel penny about Islam as long he gets he's fancy birds that are more worth to him then a stupid book and its stupid message.
@@Jabzor The point
As a German I have to say if Sweden was attacked I would fight for Sweden voluntarily. I don’t know why. I would also fight for Norway and Denmark.
Your name is literally dutch for "from balsack"
Thank you, that means a lot to us. We would fight for you as well.
@@marcl.1346 Na und? Man kann auch Deutsch sein, selbst wenn man keinen deutschen Alias im Internet hat.
Maybe your wish wil come true after Ukraine is done
@@notfound3358😂😂
I remember seeing a video in February '22 where as soon as Russia invaded Ukraine - Sweden immediately sent reinforcements to Gotland Island.
We did
@@Thedrunkenswede1337 how would you know, weren't you drunk?
Would be better off sending them to malmo to help keep your countrymen under control
@@stephen9564 they are not our countrymen and they Will soon leave sweden trust me on that.
@@BMC-BMC nobody can understand you mr emojis Guy.
As a lithuanian i felt a literal shadow recede from our skies when Finland and Sweden joined 💪🏾 No more weak corners, Europe is strong and united. All that’s left is to welcome victorious Ukraine!
Lithuania’s weakness are their politicians, constantly picking fights above their weight class.
I am from England but I worked with some Lithuanians once (actually three times- they always sent the same guys 😂) as part of NATO and I can totally imagine how that felt
@@jansix4287They have many friends backing them.
@@jansix4287 Lithuanian strength is to punch hard above their weight
@@jansix4287WE DO NOT PICK FIGHTS, we fight for truth, peace, justice, and whats right. We are small, but we dont do nothing whats not right evil,bad. So please respect this
As a Norwegian I am entitled to mock the Swedes until I die. So are the Finns. They got some crazy fighter jets,. They seem to build some nice stuff over there (looking curiously over the border).... Maybe they aren't such bad neighbours after alll....
I can actually recommend them . If you need a neigbour, they aren't really that bad. We can live with them just fine :)
yes sweden and norway are like siblings, we argue but if someone threten us we fight together
@@zpitzer If it wasn't for all the mountains- I bet it would be one country. Same ethnic and similar language- or so I think. Can you understand each other? Is the difference like the difference between Italian and Spanish? My Italian American grandmother said she could sort of comprehend her Spanish speaking neighbor.
@@JoeZorzin, No. Swedes talk funny.
Thank you neighbor! 😊
@@terjeoseberg990 Funny as in??
As a Slovak guy im really happy, Europe is stronger than ever and united as well.
stronger than ever and 51 Bn Euro poorer.
Well done EU❣️
First time I’m seeing an outsider actually looking in to Sweden and not getting basically everything wrong. Great video!
Geopolitics genius Putin revived and enlarged NATO all by himself.
@@vals.1908 Obviously the far east region becomes now the geopolitical center pushing off the Old Europe. That's why Russia needs Korea to forward Russian interests in the region.
He might be a secret agent from NATO.
nato only exist for everyone to have no need for a millitairy because america
@@linchevs Russia needs North Korea because they produce soviet-era ammunition and don't give a shit about sanctions.
@@linchevs Russian interest? They haven't the intelligence to have interests.
Yup, people will still blame nato for expanding even though Finland and Sweden clearly joined through Russian aggression.
I am a Swedish guy and truly convinced that cooperation between Nordic states is the right way to go. As I see it, Finland is a very strong partner and no one will be able to spit on the Finns.
Sweden is a small nation with a population no larger than a shitty city in the USSR. But we have a great industry and build top-notch when it comes to military weapons.
We have been in peace very long but we are good at bulding weapons
Sweden has a long history of having a military capability, - just like the video says. It has included the manufacture of military equipment since many hundreds of years…
Sweden must now almost double defence spending so it can reach the bare minimum of nato. In Finland we already passed that limit with flying colors.
It seems to me that Swedish army generals are mostly in favor of joining NATO. I still don’t understand why a large portion of the population is against it.
@@670ramy Hi. We have a tradition of being outside NATO. - Historically, it is connected to the fact that Finland did not join after WW2, we chose to stay together with the Finns (Finland's cause has always been ours). Two years ago it was a non-issue in Sweden, the majority was against membership. Today, the majority of Swedes want to join NATO, and support is almost total in the Swedish Parliament.
It's a bit funny, exactly the opposite of the new "security order" the Kremlin launched in December 2021.
Q : How does Russia remain a worldwide ocean power without free access between their naval ports and the worlds' oceans ?
A : They don't .
Russia can still use international waters like all countries.
@@mrjerzheel True, but they will have to get there. And they are running out of usable harbours. The Baltic and Black Sea fleets (both naval and maritime) are basically locked up. Murmansk isn't much of a maritime harbour and Vladivostok isn't ice free in winter besides being under threat of liberation by West Taiwan (together with the rest of Outer Manchuria).
@@mrjerzheel Sure, and the Royal Navy and their pals can shadow every single Russian ship and submarine that leaves the Baltic, I have a sinking feeling that Russian mariners won't enjoy their postings :)
@@mrjerzheel There are no "international waters" in the Baltic Sea. Every piece of coastal water belongs to NATO countries. There is a tiny, tiny strip in the middle but Russia would need to fly there with a hydroplane and still no place to travel. The second tiny piece is the Kaliningrad coastal water strip. Anyway, this last strip can soon belong to an ally. Russian internal sh!t needs only to evolve a bit so the citizens of Kaliningrad may look at Europe as a much better place to be than to belong to Russia.
There are many provinces in Russian Federation which don't want to "belong to Russia". They will separate during the first occasion like a major conflict or storm in Kremlin.
Arctic sea? You do know that Russia stretches from Europe to Asia right?
As an Irish myself, I celebrate the ascension of Sweden to NATO sooner or later. We support Finland and Sweden, for common European security is intertwined together against the hordes of the east.
Though, Ireland itself is not in NATO.
(And we should not really call Russians as Hordes of the East.)
@@Cythil1. Nobody called russians specifically hordes of the east
2. Russia is in the east. Russia sends hordes. Russia = hordes from the east. It's big brain time 😭
Of course the cowards hiding have the biggest opinions
@@superguyx5468 says the hiding coward 😭😭😭
@@kleinenfuchse5365 I was in Afghanistan, you are a keyboard warrior from Ireland which we conquered for 200 years, thank me later for giving you the permission to speak English 😉
Not much sympathy for Putin or Russia from over here in Canada. Welcome aboard Finland and Sweden. Slava Ukraini!
Yeah, Canada seems to have a lot of sympathy to Ukrainian Nazi.
Why can't Russia live in peace with it's neighboring countries? None of them have attacked or threatened to attack Russia. The opposite is the case, with Russian troops attacking and invading some of those countries as if they were there for Russia's taking. Russia needs to learn proper rules of civilized international behavior.
Probably same reason any country south of Texas has huge resentment and anger towards the US.
It's a dialogue. To see it simply in terms of Russia being the bad guy & the West sweet & peace loving is to misread the Russian mind & history. Things like NATO discussing placing aggressive missile systems in Poland feeds the Russian paranoia. It's worth bearing in mind NATO has been causing havoc & devastation in North Africa, Middle East & Afghanistan. Which bizarrely people overlook.
Simple, because it's Russia. THey still have that tsarist mindset for hundreds of years.
@@spaghettigod43wait, elaborate please. I’m actually interested in your viewpoint.
@@realdreamerschangetheworld7470 Look up how Mexican president Amlo speaks about the US. Or how El Salvadoran president speaks. Or Bolivia. Or even how Brazilians and Argentina view the US.
Although the relationship isn't as bad as Baltic nations and Russia. There's a deep deep resentment and anger towards the US government. They view the US as a meddling nation that does nothing but criticize and instruct them. AMLO speaks bout how the IMF and the US have Argentina in a debt trap. He also speaks about how the US deep state doesn't want a successful Latin America. Etc
Theres a reason that LatAm likes Russia so much. They view Russia or better said the USSR as a necessary counterweight to US meddling. They're shifting a bit more to China nowadays.
Russia never had a chance in the Baltic after the inclusion of the Baltic nations and Poland. Not to mention the Oresund gap, Kattegat and the North Sea all controlled by NATO members.
Sweden and Finland joining NATO is simply a "win more" situation.
True, and the Baltics are already part of the NB8 Battlegroup.
Their baltic sea fleet always was a joke. See the Russo-Japanese war. And no, Japan isn't in the baltic, but there's a story there...
@@Andreas-gh6isyes Russia can only bully countries with close to no ships but their navy is shit in reality
As if in a possible conflict between NATO and Russia the armies of Scandinavia or the Baltic nations counted in some way. A conflict of this type would immediately be nuclear and global, with the probable extinction of mankind from planet Earth.
@@trumpforever6706 that's bullshit. Look at what Russia did in the past few decades. They are involved in all sorts of conventional conflicts. The US even killed a few hundred soldiers a few years ago and Putin didn't even raise a stink. They also send "little green men" into neighboring countries. With the destructive power of a nuclear exchange, chances are Russia would indeed start a conventional invasion and count on nuclear weapons never being used. After all, Russia normally doesn't go after the whole country, but rather a small part.
All European countries had moved past historical conflicts and geopolitical competition from centuries before. Russia could have done the same thing but for some reasons, Russia‘s mentality remains stuck in centuries ago. So, there we are, unnecessary sufferings and conflicts happen again due to one small group of people clung to some mythical glory of the past and determined to dominate the rest of European for personal and collective vanity.
Look, Russia is being ruled by thieves. They are not interested in taking Ruzzia forward, they only interested in stealing and keeping things the way they are
Your viewpoint is very naive and follows what mainstream media feed us. Who profits most from conflicts in Europe? Who cut off Europe from cheap Russian gas? It's definitely not Russia but the USA. It was their strategy all along not to allow Germany to join German technologies with Russian resources. You can find videos on TH-cam with Americans explaining this strategy openly many years ago. Now whole Europe is paying huge price for satisfying the greed of the American political elites like Bidens family who have own financial interests in all of it. But yeah, Russia is a bad guy here.
Agreed, i'm Swedish and if we had the same mentality as Russia Denmark and us Swede's would have a new war every 10 years😂
@davronazamatjon-hg1yq nah, toddlers with a nuke.. Only reason they even exist still
@davronazamatjon-hg1yq "Great" ? What is so "great" about it ?
It means a country that prepared for decades to take on Russia alone, without help, now has allies.
Russia is the best recruitment agent NATO could hope for.
And US sanctions is the best tool to unite countries to dump the dollar for a multipolar world
@@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko Russian rubble it's at his lowest value in the last ten years
@@flavius5722 So? The coming dollar death is the only thing that matters.
@@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko No you misunderstand what money is:
Money is Trust * (Trust x Food + Trust x Information + Trust x Material) to put it just kind of boil it down to basics. Im sure you could add more to make it more accurate, but thats the point.
It is absolutely impossible for a lot of countries to actually achieve a currency against the US because the people who actually understand money actually have trust in the US system delivering, although inflation and money printing has undermined that to a degree.
Maybe the EU dollar could do it. But not really anywhere else.
@@flavius5722 EU is officially in recession and most European companies are moving to the US.
How will Russia respond? I expect more threats and whining.
Probably given up and is instead more focused on dealing with different factions like Wagner and Putin's Political Rivals XD.
The alert level of Russia's poorly maintained nuclear weapons will be changed from ultra-ready to super-ready.😂
@@ettoreatalan8303stay off the koolaid. Tell me how they're running out of missiles again?
Yeah
@@johnhume4346 Fast. Any other questions Ivan?
_"....The Grand Duchy of Finland came under the control of Russia"_
Finland wasn't a Grand Duchy before Russia conquered it.
The Grand Duke of Finland was one of the official titles of Swedish kings
@@user-jq5cl4tp6d Finland was a small province, it's called Finland Proper today. Before Russia created the duchy Finland was just the eastern part of Sweden. Like Essex is in England or Champagne in France. Having titles like that wasn't uncommon.
Finland gained in a sense more autonomy when it was included into the Russian Empire. Of course when Russia later near the turn of the 19th century started to remove that autonomy and Russify Finland that created willingness to leave the Russian Empire.
I think the title used by Swedish kings was Grand Prince of Finland. Not Grand Duke. Or Storfurste if we are being fully correct. Using the title in Swedish. Titles get complicated...
Yeah, the territory was Swedish for many hundreds of years (700?). An integral part of Sweden.
That one was an over-the-top-simplification.
Sweden 🇸🇪 & Finland 🇫🇮 joining nato means Putin’s screwed.
Putin’s definitely screwed !!! The shameful end of russia is close...
Sweden: let’s go in nato
Putin: emotional damage
The Swedish ambassador having the most Finnish name ever is just hilarious to me XD
With Sweden joins NATO the Öresund ( the water area, between Sweden and Denmark) can
be closed for Russia. Which is ironically do to the fact that we in Sweden celebrate 500 yers thes year free from Denmark and the breakup of
kalmarunionen. Only to join a new military union with them the same year.
Regarding all the Scandinavian nations- as an American, I'm always impressed that every Scandinavian I have met speaks better English (American) than most Americans.
Bastards still got Skåne after the Brits threw a tantrum. Damned Brits just couldn't stand the idea of a navy as big as their own being diplomatically close with Napoleon. Not only did they give Skåne to Sweden, but Norway too. 😤
@@JoeZorzin It has to do with first learning to know the language (grammar, vocabulary etc...), then getting the feel of the language where you start speaking more like the natives.
That is where a lot of language learning fails. Getting the feel of the language. It requires getting immersed in the language through conversation and media. Getting immersed in the culture surrounding the language.
The reason we learn English so well is because it is surprisingly close to our language in some aspects and we are surrounded by the language daily. It's unavoidable at this point, I I know 8 year olds who are fluent in English. I only started getting fluent around age 12 - 13 and that was due to me gaming online and being interested in IT.
Isn't it two military unions? Didn't the Nordic countries & Finland agree to work their air forces together?
@@recoil53Finland is a Nordic country and a member of Nordic council.
I imagine Putin crying angrily tearing apart all his ABBA's record collection 🤣.
Classic comment. Please get his name correct ; Bloodymir KaPutin.
Thank you, Putin, for being the biggest NATO recruiter in recent memory!
The mentality of aggression must never be rewarded with gains or acceptance.
"The mentality of aggression must never be rewarded with gains or acceptance."
Syria would agree
Libya would agree
Afghanistan would agree
Iraq would agree
Lebanon would agree
Vietnam would agree
Panama would agree
Grenada would agree
Indonesia would agree
The problem is that you preach against what you practice to your enemy, which makes your faction no different than the side you're hating.
@@gattonero2915 Iraq aside, the rest were legitimate targets, most of which approved by the international community. Also, Vietnam? Really? You forgot South Vietnam was an US ally. Also, Afganistan harboring terrorists without giving them to the US in 2001 is a pretty legitimate cassus belli for NATO, since Al Qaeda was hunted down by many countries by that time. And Syria - maybe you forgot about Wagner and ISIL. Good luck with your Russian propaganda!
@@gattonero2915
Stench of brainwashed Copium 😂
@@gattonero2915 US are no longer in any of the countries, except as friendly tourists. Russians annexed Ukraine lands and they are still in Ukraine. I see no US annexation in the past 50 years.
Never say never. If the cost is too high there might come a time to compromise.
The more you tighten your grip, Putin, the more buffer-states will slip through your fingers.
How will Russia respond: cry, throw a tantrum, cry more.
Are used either one of their 6040 Jake or tactical nuclear missiles or go to war with Nato one or the two
You want to test that out?
@@ebiekem Yes, go for it, Ivan.
@@Azmuth01 after you, Capt. Price.
you forgot about throw dummy out of his pram.
I used to sell Swedish BT Lift Trucks. the quality and Swedish engineering was absolutely OUTSANDING. Their military equipment must be amazing.
With Finland and Sweden joining NATO, the Suwalki Gap becomes less critical, there are now other resupply routes to Baltic states. All of Kalingrad is now in range off Polish rocket artillery and pretty soon gun artillery with ramjet ammo that is being developed for 155mm howitzers that means Kalingrad is a death trap for russian army in case of NATO conflict. Add to the equation NATO air force based in Sweden and Poland plus 180 K2 tanks that Poland purchased and is taking the deliveries off and placing them around Kalingrad and Suwalki gap and Kalingrad would be just a road kill in the rush to create a better land route to the Baltic states and provide the the support to the Baltics.
The current Wagner group positioning close to suwalki gap is just a tempest in the tea cup, a small tea cup. By 2026 or 2027 the balance of power will shift so much that Poland on it's own would be able to wage conventional war with Russia, especially at the rate that Russian army is being gutted by the Ukrainians. Not that Poland is planning to invade Russia, there is no need, they just have to be strong enough to deter Russians from being stupid again, but we are talking about Russians so nothing is set in stone.
To really secure that Suwalki Gap, we just need to convince Belarus to join NATO.
WW3 will go nuclear from Day 1. Are you a nursery kid? Do you think NATO has the guts to take on Russia? If it had NATO army would have been in Ukraine by now.
Interesting taking, only differ that I think that Poland is already capable of beat any Russian attack.
@@apveening that will probably happen at some point, lukashenko wont be in power for all eternity and the people there already are fed up whit both russia and the Belarus goverment.
Kaliningrad should able to be separated. There should be leafletting from balloons over Kaliningrad from Polish and Latvian territory regarding free speech, civil liberties, an independent judiciary and democracy by the free Russians, as well as radio. I'm not sure how much Internet work can be done. This oblast only has a million people. Over a million young Russian men have fled Russia over conscription, and need a place to live. If the FSB offices are destroyed, the military isn't all that effective. Like East and West Germany & Taiwan and China, there could be free Russia and not free Russia. Then Kaliningrad can be used as a base to fix the contiguous part of Russia.
Russians literally become a global joke a daily puppet show🤡thanks to our brave friends🇺🇦🩶
China, India and South America beg to differ.
@@AGirlHasNoName1.168 at the end nobody wants the useless ruble instead euro's and dollars
@@AGirlHasNoName1.168 China will own Russia soon XD They not equals. China is dom in this relationship XD
Please stop assuming that the world share the same view as the West.
@@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko yess they do some not but at the end they follow and choose money instead supporting a failed silly dictator
Not just changing the status of northern Baltic countries. NATO was being thought off as a decaying project, a remnant of Cold war, not needed anymore in the new ages. Russia war on Ukraine disavowed such a notion.
To sum this Putin's war up: NATO just pulled a UNO reverse card on him.
That's the problem. The West is playing UNO, the Russians are playing chess.
man turkey was big mad about those magic skydaddy books burning
They sho is mad!
So difficult for Russia to understand that they need to stay in Russia.
Russian are welcomed in the middle east, Africa, ASIA and Latin America, they are BRICS partners.
But Russia includes Baltics & Poland.
@@ahmedalsharman 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💩💩💩🤡
@@ahmedalsharman It doesn't, neither does it include any part of Ukraine and pretty soon it won't include large parts of Siberia.
@@ahmedalsharman actually Poland did own Moscow so if anything Poland should get their lands back :3 If Russia thinks the differ they can always go to war with poland
Wow! I'm not sure most of us truly appreciate the significance of NATO now having freedom of movement over the entirety of the Baltic Sea. If somehow Ukraine regains Crimea, it is truly over for the Russian Federation losing the Black sea. It would disintegrate within 3 to 5 years.
Not over. Russia will still be the largest country on earth. Not to mention, if they start to act politically like a decent nation, they may very well have a very bright future ahead of themselves.
You forget it has the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea and the Artic Ocean in the summer time.
@@poskeegget8043 As long as they keep totalitarian Fascist rule this will never happen.
@bear2973 The Caspian Sea is really a lake, albeit a large one. Not very significant for either military nor for trade when talking on a global scale.
The Aral Sea? You mean the no longer existing lake? It has like 3 minor puddles left.
And no, Russia does not have access to these minor puddles. They all lie in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
The Arctic Ocean is for sure a nice addition, but it cannot host major military naval ports in the winter time. Ships would be stuck and or damaged during the colder part of the year.
Finland and Sweden joining NATO is very important to Baltic states and Europe's security. Rip putler
Dont forget, we Swedes has been in war with Russia 14 times, and 7 times we won over Russia.
You have a chance to change it. Go for it.....With a little help of your friends....
What about the other standing 7?
@@bobbyschannel349 I'm not quite sure but I think it's 3 draws/status quo and 4 losses. And then 7 wins, so those are pretty good odds for a much smaller country as ours against Russia
And the worst part for Russia, no more IKEA
Hehe, two of my friends over in Russia told me that IKEA is the western chain the miss the most and appearantly that is an fairly common opinion among Russians post-sanctions/western exodus. So many of the other corporations that left the country has been replaced with copy cat versions or they sold products that are easy to find and buy on the internetz. Replacing McDonalds and Starbucks with copy cat chains that offer nearly the same products wasn't an hard thing to do.. Launching an copy cat IKEA is another story.. would be hilarious to see that attempted though.
I wonder if there are any Russians on the state level who acknowledge that NATO wouldn't even need to exist if Russia wasn't an aggressive imperial asshole? Literally, Soviet aggression is why it was founded, trauma and fear of further aggression kept it slowly growing even after 1991, and now this. Will they ever understand and accept that using hard power is only shootings themselves in both legs? That being a bully does not work out in a long run. Bullies never have true loyal friends and eventually those who they bully will get together to become more powerful. That soft power is much more effective and much less costly in every way.
You are right. Russia wanted to join NATO but wasn't allowed too because then there would be no need for NATO. All the participating countries are paying the American military industry and for the prosperity of the Americans political elites.
@@yulo8987 Russia joining NATO wouldn't change Russia's wider mentality. It would just pit one aggressive and expansionist NATO country (Russia) against its NATO neighbours.
@@yulo8987 I second what benghiskhan3673 said. And I would add that NATO countries are paying USA for a massive boost to each of their national security and for nothing else. Because being in NATO means being under the USA and a few other member states' nuclear umbrella as well as the guarantee that no one stands alone if invaded because a number of other members would provide military support and would be able to do so faster and more efficiently. And humanitarian aid too of course.
Putin may hope there comes a time when NATO weakens and Article 5 would fail but I'd argue this Ukraine war is making that less likely. Because no one wants to suffer a long war like Ukraine has to now. And a lot of the world is now seeing that Russia's regime has nothing to offer other than violence and death. Just like Nazi Germany in 20th century. Russia has learned nothing from it but I believe much of the West has and therefor no country would become pro-Russia enough to let it win against NATO.
I find it fascinating just how much geography, more specifically 'access to the oceans', plays into global power. In the age of empires, Spain, Portugal, England and France dominated World politics. Why? Uninhibited access to the oceans.
To understand why russia is falling apart and the USA is the most powerful nation on Earth, we need look no further than geography. The USA has completely uninhibited access to the World's oceans, with dozens of ports up and down both coasts. On land it shares borders with only two friendly countries. russia by comparison, despite its size, has only a handful of usable ports, and they are surrounded both on land and on sea, by hostile nations.
I would think that for russia's continued survival, they have but two choices: Maintain the most powerful military on the planet and be prepared to fight everyone, or learn to live in peace with their neighbours. Sadly, they seem to be failing miserably at both. Having provoked Sweden and Finland to join NATO, and shattered any hope of a peaceful coexistence with Ukraine, they have pretty much guaranteed their own demise.
Did I hit a nerve?
The Dutch were pretty badass relative to their size, but the lack of deep harbors meant that when technology advanced, they couldn't keep up. And England, across the Channel, could.
However, in modern times I don't think Russia really needed this access. They had the resources and engineers (if not the quality control) to have built a strong economy in post-Soviet Russia.
Really, if at peace with their neighbors, they had access to the Baltics and the Black Sea.
With one rail line and such a wide country, access to the Pacific doesn't mean much.
@@recoil53 The Dutch also had to sail through the English Channel, where they were harassed by the English and French. So they didn't exactly have 'uninhibited' access to the Atlantic.
Don't forget the Mongols who have conquered Russia during the time of Ghenghis Khan. Despite being landlocked and up against a much bigger army, they still beat Russia.
The Ukraine/Russian war is a terrible calamity for the affected civilian populations. But for the strategic stance of Western countries, particularly the NATO alliance, it has been a boon. Remember that ethnic Russians actually only consist of a percentage of the total population of Russia. And that percentage is shrinking. We may well be looking at the breakup of Russia within a half-century or so. My generation won't be around to see it, but Gen Z will probably witness the dissolution of Russia as a "super" state. Things could change in Russia to counteract such a future, but it's looking less and less likely.
After the dissolution of the USSR where the various states and countries were FORCED INTO the WARSAW PACT(during Stalin's time), after his death they became their own state or country as before. USSR did not work. Too much inequality amongst the peoples while their land was raped of its resources. The few became oligarchs. The wealth was not equally distributed. The Russian people tire of that. They want different.
Putes is on his way out, he does not know which window it will be.,,but it will be high to be sure.
Siberians have always wanted to go their own way, and this idiocy is strengthening their position among more and more Siberians.
It is not a coincidence ethnic russians from moscow and st. petersburg are not being forcibly conscripted but rather the minorities.
People do NOT know the history of their own countries. What a disgrace.
Paired with the fact that it’s usually taught at a young age when you’re not really interested in history it’s no wonder really. The older I get the more interested I become in history and politics
That intro, lol, instant sub from me - that made me laugh so hard I think I may have pulled something
The question of Koenigsberg is a touchy one - I look forward to your update on the matter.
Starving Kaliningrad into declaring independence is an interesting notion...
Putin: There will be consequences
Uncle Sam: You better don't
Great news. Thank you for explaining so clearly the implications of such a huge move.
Putin should be given the Congressional Medal of Honor. This guy is NATO's star recruiter, and he needs to be recognised as such! Give the man some cred!
Russia or putin brought this upon himself.
How to spot the NatSoc-LARPer that has not learnt anything from the Cuban Missile Crisis scenario:
Russia is doing well 🤑💰 having 75 trillion dollars worth of natural resources and forex reserves 600 billion dollars 💰
"Russia or putin brought this upon himself."
It's also Funny that when looking at the current economy, the only one going to Recession now is mostly EU nation who leeches with each other for their resource, especially with the Baltic Butthurt Belter gang and the newly-joined Finland. Russia on the other hand oddly marked a growth in their economy, not even international economic organization are able to ignore that "elephant" in the room you NatSoc LARPer are trying to hide.
Steel foundry to manufacture raw material closed down one by one and heck, the factory that manufactured Hull to make the Leopard 2 already closed down 26 years ago. This is also compounded that all leopard 2 that include 2A7, 2A6, 2A5, and 2A4 used by European countries including the one grifted by Ukraine, are from the original 2,500+ units of leopard 2 made in 1980s, which means THEY LITERALLY RAN OUT OF LEOPARD 2 STOCKS when they introduced the 2A7 after selling all of their mothball stocks.
Meanwhile Uralvagonzavod still churns out new T-72B3 and T-90M to be sent into the combat zone while Omsk factory churns out T-80BVM without any hitch and setback, along with mass production of drone to now introduce AI targetting system.
Putin bought this to himself, but instead what we see today is "EU taking a gun and shooting itself on the foot, then wincing in pain before shooting the other foot"
@@aj_0073russia is more poor then netherlands 😂 russias gdp sucks
@@Thedrunkenswede1337 netherlands in a few decades will be under water. they cant hold back the water forever
Considering how Russias military have been shown to be of late, i wouldn´t be suprised if Sweden achieved another Narva if Russia tried to pull a fast one.
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My first comment on this channel. I really like this channel. It's very informative with superb editing- some of the best editing on TH-cam. I like the fast talking and snappy editing.
Video was fantastic, the music not so much, Left a Like, haven't yet subscribed
The russian-conquered territories of Koenigsberg (AKA Kalinin-grad) and Trans(D)nistria (AKA PMR) - must be reintegrated back into EU and Moldova respectively.
You shouldn't ask "how russia will respond" - but "what happens if we don't do it" and "how to make it happen quickly".
Kaliningrad would have to become independent first and there is little chance of that happening.
@@mrjerzheel No need for independence of Koenigsberg at all. Give it back to where it belongs
As a Pole, I would gladly suggest holding a referendum in Kalningrad and handing over the territory with access to the sea to the Czech Republic :)
The enclave was never "conquered" by Russia. It was given to them, because nobody else wanted it. Turned out to be a silly move, didn't it...
@@arekszym6016 The largest Czech port is and always has been Hamburg. There used to be entire port facilities in the port of Hamburg that were reserved exclusively for Czech inland vessels that came across the Elbe. Today it is even less important that landlocked countries absolutely have to have their own access to the sea, since there is an EU internal market without tariffs and borders. Still, we should think about what to do with Koenigsberg (lol). I think it's quite expensive for the Russians to fund it on a permanent basis since it doesn't produce anything and just costs. The Russians sold Alaska to the US for $7.2 million. I think that little Kaliningrad shouldn't cost more than $150 due to its comparatively small size.
Heh, Putin is scared because his airforce had no answer for the Gripen and given that Sweden is now part of NATO. The alliance now had the Gripen in their arsenal that can go hand-in-hand with other NATO's fighter planes
Who can remind Pootin that these Countries in the world are choosing NATO as seen by its increasing number. And that this trend is inevitable indeed. And we have to keep shouting : Slava Ukraini n Slava Democracy ! ! !
Kaliningrad is like a cancerous tumor on the Baltic. Directly killing it is too aggressive, but starving it to death would purge the region of Kremlin Kancer. Likewise, St. Petersburg lies at the shallow end of the Gulf of Finland, in a backwater cul-de-sac that would be better sealed off to prevent its pollution and infection from spreading into the NATO lake.
I think that the Lithuanians, together with the Germans stationed there from the north and the Poles from the south, could solve the problem within 2-3 hours. But as I said, NATO is a defensive alliance and not an offensive alliance. The Russians would have to do a few stupid things for something like this to be possible.
@@callsigndd9ls897 I agree, it would not take much to topple the enclave, but an offensive move would only feed Putin's victim mentality. By starving Kaliningrad, it would drop like ripe fruit before becoming rotten. If the locals, who live and think more like true Europeans than dumb Russian peasants, initiate a demonstration that provokes a Putin over-response, endangering the adjacent countries, it would justify a 'policing intervention' to save the Baltic enclave from gulag self-destruction. A total blockade of Kaliningrad's harbor and a no-fly zone would be the first step in this process.
You don’t lose international waters area. Russia just can’t push them around as easily as they use to.
If a war breaks out and Sweden is on the side opposite Russia, and the international waters you’re referring to are within missile range of Sweden and Russia lacks the capacity to defend against those missiles, then Russia loses access to those international waters.
@@terjeoseberg990 If war breaks out Russia can nuke whole Scandinavia now.
as terjeoseberg said, this is in terms of war. The Baltic sea is now a missile corridor for Russia. Not viable at all.
@@terjeoseberg990 Exactly.
@@terjeoseberg990 This has always been the case. In no world where Russia and NATO go to war would Sweden have not been in NATOs side.
Apart from its Maritime strategic value , and excellent armed forces adding in along with neighbour Finland , to a combined NATO members defence spending of $1,2 trillion + which of course makes Russia look like a flea on an Elephants backside
NATO armed forces? LOL. With what munitions??
Ask Ukraine what munitions, they’ve been decimating Russian forces with them.
A flea with a massive nuclear stockpile.
@@NoDrizzy630 LOL. You watch too much propaganda. Ukraine has already lost.
Mark. my. worlds.
@@AGirlHasNoName1.168 how many mobilization in russia needed to win?
Good video. Although, I don't really care for that camera sound effect every time a new picture is put onscreen towards the beginning. It's just a bit distracting and irritating.
Most of the B-roll meeting videos shown in my country's capital - Vilnius
When Putin took Crimea the west understood that this territory was once part of their empire and was their only warm water port. Ironically, Putin perceived this as weakness and may both lose that warm port and has become totally surrounded in the other western port.
Poland and East Germany were also "once a part of their empire"---does not mean it belongs to Muscovy!
You give an inch they take a mile
Interesting insights! Looks like Russia will soon sip the mess it brewed😜
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Sweden means....NATO has now an unsinkable "carrier ship" in the Baltic Sea.
It also means the Baltic Sea is now a de facto NATO lake. :)
So welcome Sweden...now we have all Nordic brotherhood together under the same roof. :)
On the sideline, with the future loss of Crimea, Russia will lose its only "warm water port" which will be a catastrophe for it.
It's no longer "Kaliningrad" but "Kralovec". It's Czech now, granting them sea access. We just need to wait a little before it can be formalised 😉
was german town called Königsberg before that wasn't it?
@@Tybold63 It's Prussian, which is not exactly the same thing ;) It was name in honor of a Czech king, Ottokar II of Bohemia in, in 13th century. So Czechs have actually more to do with it than Russians, who deported its original inhabitants, and moved in less than 70 years ago.
@@serpents666 well the name is still german. Prussian is not a language.
@@Tybold63 It was until it went extinct though.
@@Ama-hi5kn seems to have been faded out and became more germanized to the limit it considered extinct - waddya know lol. Cool or bit sad too.
Good content, but the music is irritating and far too loud compared to the narration. Impossible for headphones or earbuds.
"State of the art F-16's".....First launched in 1978, lol
I wish that he would have at least mentioned when U137 (Soviet Uboat) got stuck on Sweden's southern coast in 1981. Also that ALL of Sweden's arms production is aimed at "what if Russia attacks?".
Sweden was already very much close aligned with NATO before officially joining NATO. Baltic sea would be sealed in a war situation regardless of whether Sweden is in NATO or not. Without a war, anyone remembers freedom of navigation and innocent passage?
5:04 And now we are in Finland, central Helsinki for some reason, when still discussing Swedish politics
Very informative. I learned a lot.
3:41 grand duchy of Finland didn't come under russian rule because it didnt exist under swedish rule. Russia themselves created the grand duchy of Finland
That is incorrect. The Grand duchy during the Swedish era was Storförstendömet Finland and it had existed since the 1500's. It was in a way a fabrication to make the king of Sweden have more titles, but it existed.
Nice video
4:52 Is that bloody William?!
😆 almost!
I like your content, but the music choices are questionable
The Baltic Sea is a NATO lake now! Thanks Russia! 🤣
The international water parts are not a Nato lake
Finnland joining NATO enables NATO to separate the land supply lines to the kola peninsula if it should become necessary. This is important because Murmansk and Seweromorsk are important ports and bases of the Russian northern fleet. Cutting the land supply line would inhibit the operational capabilities of the Russian northern fleet.
Sweden joining NATO will enable NATO to use Gotland as an unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Baltics. All in all the by those two joining the Baltics becomes a NATO lake.
As for Kaliningrad: You can not actively mess with it. Abolishing the special transit rules between Lithuania and Russia I would assume could be considered a reason to go to war for Russia. We do not need a direct military confrontation between NATO and Russia. At least not if it was caused by NATO. If Russia wants to mess with NATO then so be it. But we, that is the west or NATO, should be defenders not the aggressors. So as long as Russia upholds their part of the special transit rules we should too.
The moment ruSSia starts to mess with NATO, those special transit rules are toast (and very badly burned at that).
Thing about Finland and Estonia both being in NATO is that they can both close-up any travel between Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg. More thightly then it could be done with only Baltics and Sweden. This includes air travel as the gap into the international waters/airspace over the Baltics as it's too narrow. The distance between the Finnish and Estonian mainland is so small that any ship travelling between them would be absolutely annihilated very quickly. Also, Finland has long history of mining the Gulf of Finland to stop any Soviet.. erm, i mean Russian ship travel through it.
The Danish strait means that no Russian navy can leave the Baltic Sea or enter into it so it stops any travel through it. All of these countries form a special kind of multiple layer seal to block of any Russian navy activity if THE war ever breaks out...
@@alaric_ Finland and Estonia together can completely blockade St. Petersburg, at least at sea level. That will leave Kaliningrad dangling (and dying) on the vine.
@@apveening😂😂😂 потомки гитлера. Как вы не понимаете, что вы развязываеие войны? Куда вы лезете? Весь ближний восток разбомбили, теперь лезете к славянам. Чертовы нацисты.
Also, isn't it very hypocritical that Russia accuses NATO of doing the exact same thing Russia is doing?
Good information, please consider cutting the annoying and overly loud rock music. It really detracts from the overall feel.
As an Estonian, I'm delighted with Finland and Sweden joining Nato. The Baltic countries and the entire Baltic basin is more secure as a result, including the Suwałki corridor.
I'm not sure what to do with Kaliningrad. Steven Kotkin foresees 6 post-war scenarios after Russia loses Poutine's war in Ukraine : an evolution similar to post-Napoleonic France, becoming an authoritarian state that doesn't threaten its neighbours (like Franco's Spain), becoming a Chinese vassal state, evolving into a régime like North Korea, or a collapse and fragmentation. These are possible with or without a civil war.
Kaliningrad could be an oasis in some circumstances. The EU could provide unconditional economic and humanitarian aide in some of the more worst-case scenarios effectively cleaving Kaliningrad from Russia and Russia influence. A self-governing and prosperous Kaliningrad could serve to influence Miscow for the better. Just a guess..
just surround them for months until they leave somehow then enter and ask "is it ok that if take this land" and silence is obviously "yes"
No. The real reason is Sweden's position and shape. They basically form a wall cover 1/5th of the Northern Hemisphere So Russia wouldn't be able to fire missiles past it.
NATO is less concerned with trade and more concerned with adopting "wall" States that can be armed with anti-missile tech from various members of NATO.
What's song is it 3:59?
The swedish people did not want to join NATO and had no intention of doing so until they were forced to by the increasing instability, threats and provokation by Russia. I fail to see how the leaders of Russia could have missed this and messed things up that badly. It beyond stupid, almost as if this was the goal from the start...
As a British citizen feel strength in numbers is key and although it was a huge mistake for Britain to have been misled by our own politicions and be tricked into leaving the EU think we are now closer than ever.
Even though many member states have differing views it is a pleasure to visit all these countries knowing they have bonded against a common enemy hell bent on invading and totally destroying neighbouring countries.
I would gladly fight for any NATO member state who had an agressor think they could just step in, take over and destroy their country.
Please, Put the dates on the news on screen! They're important to know their context.
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During the Great Northern war Sweden was attacked by Russia, Denmark-Norway, The polish-lithuanian commonwealth, and Saxony.
Saxony and the Commonwealth where probably considered the most powerful of the alliance att the start so you shouldn't forget them.
Also during parts of the conflict you need to add in Prussia, Hannover and England.
@@carlwrede3850 Yes
They felt the smell of blood and wanted a pice
3:10 You forgot to mention Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which also took part in that Great Northern War.
Splendid historical synopsis with relevant graphics …including the tightest fitting most festive shirt on TH-cam…
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There is nothing of any consequence that Russia CAN do (short of thermonuclear Armageddon) - Russia’s intrinsic weakness has been laid bare for all to see. A declining power always thrashes around a bit (the UK and France spring to mind) but the only - the ONLY- reason Russia is feared are their nukes.
It is dangerous to speculate how effective these actually are (it strikes at the very principles of Deterrence Theory) but some well informed sources are doubtful how many of their systems will actually work.
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The key to this is the words Was and were! Those are nothing to do with any one alive today. Keep thinking people!!!!!!!
Things rarely go bad all at once, it is usually the culmination of small things, the road to tragedy is taken one step at a time.
Sweden manufactures some kick ass military equipment.