*“I think all sober-minded people who really are involved in politics understand that the idea of a Russian threat to, for example, the [[Baltics]] is complete madness. Are we really about to fight NATO? How many people are there in the NATO countries? About 600 million, correct? There are 146 million people in Russia. Yes, we're the biggest nuclear power. But do you really think that we're about to conquer the Baltics using nuclear weapons? What is this madness?” | *“I think all sober-minded people who really are involved in politics understand that the idea of a Russian threat to, for example, the [[Baltics]] is complete madness. Are we really about to fight NATO? How many people are there in the NATO countries? About 600 million, correct? There are 146 million people in Russia. Yes, we're the biggest nuclear power. But do you really think that we're about to conquer the Baltics using nuclear weapons? What is this madness?” |