The Kremlin is intensifying the military preparations of Russian society, insinuating the possibility of a long -term conflict with NATO. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) points out the persistent narrative of the Kremlin to justify its actions against Ukraine and potential clashes with the West, as reported by the media .
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the EU of supporting “neo -Nazi ideology” and announced that Russia would fight this phenomenon. His statements coincide with the Kremlin strategy of mobilizing society. Russia thus uses Finland and the former Soviet tactical republics similar to those used against Ukraine to justify the aggressive actions that led to the war initiated in February 2022.
“The Kremlin continues to use narratives that Russian officials have used repeatedly to justify the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in order to militarize the Russian society in the long term, probably as preparation for a possible future prolonged conflict with NATO,” highlights the American Think Tank in its latest report on the Russian war against Ukraine.
Lavrov accused the EU of supporting “neo -Nazi ideology” and said Russia “will make all efforts to ensure that this ideology does not lift head” and destroy Nazism “once and for all.” These statements are part of a sustained effort of Kremlin for invoking the contribution of the Soviet Union to victory over Nazi Germany and the broader myth of the Great Homeland War, as well as by defamed Europe and NATO.
These efforts seek to exacerbate the negative feeling between the Russian population and promote support for long -term militarization of Russian society, according to ISW’s report. Putin and other Kremlin officials regularly use the term “desnazification” as a pretext for a regime change in Ukraine.
“The Kremlin is increasingly applying the same strategy that he used against Ukraine to Finland and the ancient Soviet states, including Estonia and Moldova, to justify their attempts to control independent countries and create information conditions for a possible Russian future aggression,” says ISW analysts.
