You wrote: “ NATO has been provoking Russia for decades.”
Could you give one (as in one, two, three…) example of the said provocation? Poking the effing bear by sending him chicken thighs (Bush’s legs, as they were called in Russia by hungry population), buying his oil and gas for years and propping his economy by foreign investment (Ford’s Russian plants) that gave many Russians decent jobs? Poking the bear, my azz…