you think this, the largest country by area in the world is "encircled"????
you think this, the largest country by area in the world is "encircled"????
Not so big on geography are you? Your interpretation of that world map ignores that most of that north area is wasteland. It’s like saying Carthage wasn’t encircled by Rome because of all that uninhabited dessert to their South.
The hub of Russian power has always been in her Northwest... that area is being encircled.