Russia Sees Need to Protect Russian Speakers in NATO Baltic States

[Muzh]

"It has to be stated with sadness that a huge number of our compatriots abroad, whole segments of the Russian world, continue to face serious problems in securing their rights and lawful interests," he said. "One of the obvious and, perhaps, key reasons for this state of affairs is the unrelenting growth of xenophobic and neo-Nazist sentiments in the world."

"Neo-Nazi" was also a term that Moscow used to describe its opponents in Ukraine earlier in the crisis.

"We will not tolerate the creeping offensive against the Russian language that we are seeing in the Baltics," Dolgov said.

In what seemed to be a call for ethnically based discontent and allying with Moscow, Dolgov appealed to his ethnic Russian listeners to preserve their "true priorities and the strategic vision that unites us all."

He also pledged that Russia would "provide the most serious support for you and your activities."

Moscow Times

The same apply to the Baltics

[lordtiberius]

NATO weak in fighting Russia on Russian terms:
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/09/15/how-nato-could-defend-against-a-russian-invasion/

Estonia-Russia relations also chilly
http://www.npr.org/2014/09/14/348351241/estonia-spy-dispute-could-be-russia-making-anti-nato-mischief

where is Herman Simm when you need him?

[Shadow]

I know several Russians who moved out of the Baltics because they were tired of the negative attitude toward them.
And they moved out in 2008....

[AC]

I know several Russians who moved out of the Baltics because they were tired of the negative attitude toward them.
And they moved out in 2008....

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/15/nato-chief-warns-moscow-no-more-stealth-invasions.html

[lordtiberius]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/15/nato-chief-warns-moscow-no-more-stealth-invasions.html

And do you believe him?  We are deeply concerned.