It's for internal consumption. The average life quality is dropping both in Russia and the West, so the governments need to divert attention and redirect the fr

It's for internal consumption. The average life quality is dropping both in Russia and the West, so the governments need to divert attention and redirect the frustration to external targets. The "NATO being a threat to the whole world" is the Russian version of "Climate Change will kill us all, so don't even think of starting a family (and wondering why your current salary makes it rather challenging)".