I would suspect that the missile shield bases planned in Poland and the Czech Republic won't get build and the pipelines across Georgia will fall under effective Russian (nee Soviet) control.
Russia is also preparing the geopolitics to separate the Crimean peninsula from the Ukraine. NATO needs to see he larger picture fast.
You got that right. I make a broad guess here but the intent is for Russia to first link with Iran. With the Caucus energy and Iran protected, the next move would be de-peg oil from the US and EU currencies and threaten GCC neighbors, conduct covert operations in Ukraine and wait for the EU economy to deflate (depression) and then attack. This is going to become a big war, but I would expect to see a regional war in the ME first, followed by an Asian war with North Korea attacking south. The puppet proxies attack all out first. Then the puppet masters attack next. The USA had best get serious on energy and right quick. The libs want there gravy investment money and pork. The US citizenship had best decide now and think about what we will do if and when the Democrat controlled House does little to nothing on energy besides Texas wind and solar panels no one can afford.