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Medvedev also said "vulnerable and divided" Europe is unprepared for a war with Russia, calling its citizens "inert and pampered," adding that they "don’t want to fight for any common ideals, or even for their own land."
That campaign now seems to be migrating into the skies above Europe. For decades Russia has occasionally strayed into the national airspace of NATO allies, which follows national borders and extends 12 nautical miles from a country’s shoreline.
Russia rivals Qatar as one of the largest exporters of liquefied natural gas to the European Union after the United States. L.N.G. is chilled, liquid fuel shipped by tanker. The European Union is now proposing to phase out these shipments by 2027.
Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.