Gudkov about countries that could become Putin's next targets/Collage of Channel 24
Despite a lot of talk that Putin may not stop at Ukraine, but also encroach on the Baltic countries – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, this scenario is unlikely. But other states are under threat.
Putin will be afraid to attack the Baltic countries
Russian opposition politician Gennady Gudkov told Channel 24 about this. He believes that the countries of the post-Soviet space, namely Kazakhstan, Georgia and Armenia, should be afraid of Putin's next strike. They could be the Russian dictator's next targets.
The Baltic countries are NATO countries. It's scary – 5th article. Already received in the face with conventional weapons. I believe that the Kremlin will not climb there. At least, if he does not decide on a nuclear conflict, Gudkov believes.
In the event of a possible attack on Georgia or Kazakhstan, NATO intervention does not threaten Russia. There is a slight chance that China can help Kazakhstan, but there are many other problems there, due to the tense situation with Taiwan.
The Russian politician believes that Putin will order some kind of sorties to the northern territory of Kazakhstan to provoke there is some kind of hybrid war. The same applies to Georgia, and possibly Armenia.
“I saw footage of an evening rally in Georgia, where a large number of people came out to speak for European integration. It is not clear with Armenia, but there is also a very serious struggle for the future countries,” Gudkov said.
He also commented on the Kremlin's threats around the Kaliningrad region and the fact that Russia is restricting access to its territories and rail links with them. The politician considers these statements an attempt to intimidate.
According to him, Vilnius is really worried about such statements, because no one knows what will happen.
“I think that some ” there will probably be some kind of provocation. But now Putin will not dare to take actions that will lead to the opening of a second front,” the Russian politician is convinced.
Gudkov says that Putin already has a bunch of problems from all sides – the Japanese are beginning to move in the Far East, the situation with Azerbaijan and Turkey is being escalated, Syria is going to expand its corridor. He needs to somehow cope with this, so the Russian president is unlikely to decide on radical actions. fakes, but it seems to me that it will end in nothing,” he summed up.
