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Denmark is not France and Denmark has no guarantee that France would step in to stop a Russian invasion.
by themihai 6y ago
Denmark is not France and Denmark has no guarantee that France would step in to stop a Russian invasion.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoWhy on Earth would Russia invade Denmark?
- SilentBan 6y agoIn order to gain a direct way to the Atlantic ocean. They can currently reach it trough the Arctic Ocean and Black Sea -> Mediterranean Sea. But direct way will be nice. Another reason would be to insert themselves between Scandinavia and Germany.
- loopback_device 6y agoKaliningrad Oblast is right between Scandinavia and Germany already, and Russia also has plenty of mainland coastline in the Baltic Sea.
- themihai 6y agoBecause (if) it can. You know there was a time when Russia/SU annexed Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, right?
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoRussia isn't the Soviet Union, and Denmark isn't in the Baltic.
- virgilp 6y agoWhy on Earth would Russia invade Ukraine?
- hestefisk 6y agoBecause Putin historically has boosted his popular vote by creating a foreign enemy and being the tough guy.
- virgilp 6y agoAnd in that context, is it really impossible that Russia would decide e.g. to annex Bornholm, if they would deem it feasible? https://www.thelocal.dk/20150625/russia-rehearsed-takeover-of-denmark https://www.thelocal.dk/20150625/russia-rehearsed-takeover-o... Remember, Ukrainians were literally "brothers"; if it happened to them, is any weak neighbor really safe?
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoBecause it's on Russia's doorstep, was part of Russia for 400 years until 1991, has a large Russian minority, the Russian Black Sea fleet is based in Sevastopol, the Russia-friendly government had just been toppled in a coup backed by the US and Western European powers, and Russia didn't want another NATO member on its doorstep. I can't see what would possibly lead to a Russian invasion of Denmark.
- virgilp 6y ago> in a coup backed by the US and Western European powers Seriously? I'm sure the fact that Ukrainians could see contrast with next-door Poland had nothing to do with Maidan... no, it was CIA, definitely.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoThey can also see the contrast with next-door Russia. The Ukraine is one of the poorest countries in Europe. The overthrow of the government was effected by armed militias, with a heavy far-right presence (e.g., pictures of Stepan Bandera, the Nazi collaborator who ethnically cleansed Poles from Western Ukraine during WWII). The US government had a hand in picking the successor government - there's even audio of the behind-the-scenes discussions. There was obviously popular support in Western Ukraine for Maidan, but there was also a lot of foreign involvement and the seizure of power itself was violent and unconstitutional.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> Why on Earth would Russia invade Denmark? Denmark, no clue. But Greenland? The Arctic Circle is of increasing geopolitical importance and competition between Russia and America.
- bobthepanda 6y agoDenmark is also at the entrance of the Baltic, which would be fairly important for the Russian navy.
- jjk166 6y agoWhy would Russia go to war with Denmark, which controls access to the Baltic Sea, control of which has been a major priority for Russian foreign policy for the past 300 years?