>> cannot be expected that Moscow wouldn’t respond
Sweden was a neutral country for some 200 years. Finland was a neutral country for the entirety of the Cold War and, considering the most recent unpleasantries of the Winter War, they were very friendly with USSR/Russia and open to trate.
Then something happened to change that. What could they possibly be?
The globalists. Finland and Sweden are firmly controlled by the globalists, who want control of the mineral wealth of Russia.
Other than that, each country responds to whatever is happening around them and Russia is responding to the actions of the West.
Do you think that the West is immune from being a bad actor? We’ve put military assets within reach of Russia and it’s confirmed that we put spy agencies around Russia as well, probably with the intent on having Russia undergo a colour revolution, so it can be brought into the globalist order.
The British/US axis of evil, bringing the entire world to the brink of World war, is what changed. Even Switzerland disdains neutrality now. All this, in a war that will have no winners, only losers.
The goal is and has always been, to rob Russia of a port that they can station their Navy at in the winter. WE started this with our meddling. WE did it with a purpose. WE have long been just another nation, run by evil men, with evil intent.
If we spread our government over the entire world, it would be no different than if Russia did it. THAT is why we have different Nations, so different people, can decide for themselves how they want to live.