The next Russian Presidential Election will take place on March 18, 2018 and as expected the current President, Vladimir Putin is one of the candidates. How many other candidates will be accepted as being qualified to run, remains to be seen !
Putin is a popular candidate and will certainly start some sabre rattling to impress Russian electors that he is protecting them and their country. He was a KGB officer in Eastern Germany in 1989 when the Berlin wall was breached. Later some USSR Satellite countries joined the EU and then more after the Russian economy collapsed !
As a result Putin is now determined to restore the former importance of Russia internationally; will he try to grab back some of the countries on the Russian border with the EU ? This may explain why he is constantly a thorn in the side of Western Countries.
There are several key examples - Crimea has been occupied, Russian troops are in Eastern Ukraine, his troops help Syria in the Middle East, Russian Armaments are supplied to his Allies !
What can the West do ? One could almost say that only France and Britain have operational armies capable of defending the EU ! Military Service was abandoned in Europe 50 years ago....
Putin will be ready to act in March ! Will EU Leaders have their plans ready to counter any move by Putin ?
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