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Russia is likely to test NATO’s collective defense pledge very soon, Sweden’s top military official said, as Moscow escalates its campaign of hybrid attacks against Europe.

“I'm sure and I'm convinced that they would be ready to test Article 5 of NATO at any point in the Baltic states or in some other part of Europe as well,” Swedish Chief of Defense Gen. Michael Claesson told POLITICO, referring to the alliance's common defense provision.

“They are prepared to take enormous strategic risks to gain whatever they see possible to gain,” he added, pointing to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s past military campaigns. “We have seen it since Chechnya, we have seen it in Georgia, we have seen it in Crimea.”

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Starting? They have sold off over half of it already. The russia collapse has begun.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So far they have sold from state to central bank, i.e. sold on paper but now they have started selling to domestic market

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

^ BINGO! They were shuffling paper before, now hard currency is leaving the country, a country historically starved of hard currency.