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Re:Last Day of IKEA in Moscow by cudgy on Saturday March 05, 2022 @05:22AM (#30566194)
The reality is that Sovereignty is relative to how close a country is to the border of super power nations. Do you think Mexico or Canada can ally with any nation or join any military alliance they wish?
Re:Last Day of IKEA in Moscow by Tade0 on Saturday March 05, 2022 @08:29AM (#30567382)
I don't know about Mexico or Canada, but Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are all both Russia's neighbours and NATO members.

Either Russia is not a superpower or it's not that relevant.

Re:Last Day of IKEA in Moscow by cudgy on Saturday March 05, 2022 @02:31PM (#30571032)
Or Russia does not find those countries to be enough of a threat either due to size, military force, existing relationships, geographical boundaries, or a multitude of other factors. Or maybe Russia has begrudgingly accepted those countries joining NATO, but the last straw was a huge neighbor like Ukraine joining that is strategically important to them.