See my other comments addressing your point. And I of course agree, to some extent this backfired. But I am not sure that Russia would not still consider this a

See my other comments addressing your point. And I of course agree, to some extent this backfired. But I am not sure that Russia would not still consider this a win overall. Not all neighbors are equal if you take things like geography into account, so I would not rule out the possibility that Sweden and Finnland were factored in.