Are you kidding? Do you know what MAD is? Russia can do whatever they please, the west only has the fortitude and will to place sanction after sanction upon Russia.
Not open war, but cyber, and by proxy. Just what the Russians excel at.
The sanctions are working.
The NATO Cold War trip wires still exist, and that has kept the NATO allies and Russia and the old Warsaw Pact counties at relative peace for almost 70 years.
And at this point, Putin cannot even afford lunch in St. Petersburg, much less a war in Western Europe.
Agreed. I think that the Russians will have to resort to some sort of “war” against the western transnational elites. Cyber attacks against Wall Street, government and military institutions, banks, electrical grids; the list is legion. I also concur that their attacks will be disguised and proxies will be used- perhaps a faux Islamic terror groups under orders from Moscow.
They can also cause “accidents”. A few oil tankers could sink, one of Buffets’ railroads carrying petrol could blow up.
I think it’s clear that the Western elites are trying to depose Putin and force Russia into vassal status at the feet of the NWO
At this point we have to hope that Russia can resist; otherwise we will be one step closer to a one world bank, a one world digital currency, and a one world government.