The Kremlin repeats the war scenario with Ukraine: in ISW ​​warned of a threat to Finland

To spread: Analysts of the American Institute for War Study (ISW) have suggested that Russia is being implemented by a coordinated information campaign by threatening Finland. According to the same script, Moscow acted before the attack on Ukraine. In one day, a number of events took place in Russia, which indicates a new threat.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that in Finland "literally" Revachism was gaining momentum and a neutral mask was allegedly "flew from the country's government. " This is stated in the ISW report on September 18.

In addition, the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation on environmental and transport activities Sergei Ivanov stated that relations with Finland are "practically not existing" and will not improve in the foreseeable future, because the country is a member of NATO and "actively calls for strengthening.

" According to Ivanov, the Finnish population is allegedly dissatisfied with their government, and the lack of tourists from the Russian Federation led to "depopulation" and weakening the economy in the southeast of the country. At the same time, the first deputy chairman of the Committee on International Duma of Russia Alexei Chep stated that the membership of Finland in the Alliance forced the Russians to stop buying real estate there.

Analysts emphasized that Ivanov is part of the closest environment of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. For his career, he was the Deputy Director of the FSB, the Minister of Defense, the Deputy Prime Minister and the chairman of the presidential administration. Now it is probably used to enhance Finland threats. Moreover, the statements of Lavrov, Ivanova and Chep were strengthened by the Russian state media.

"Similar formulations in the statements of Ivanov and Chep, as well as strengthening their comments by the TASS agency indicate that it is a coherent Kremlin information campaign against Finland," ISW emphasized. Analysts emphasized that the Kremlin's high -ranking officials have increased threats to Finland in recent weeks. At the same time, officials use formulations that reflect false justification of the Russian Federation on a full -scale attack on Ukraine.

"ISW continues to believe that the scenario that Russia now uses for NATO threats reflects the scenario that Russia has previously used to create information conditions that justify its aggression against Ukraine," they added. Recall that ISW analysts also informed that the military command of the Russian Federation demonstrates that the "theory of victory" from President Vladimir Putin is based in the war for exhaustion.