Russia and Belarus will keep applying low-cost, deniable pressure on the Baltic states and Poland, through migrant flows, armed border incidents and rhetoric about Kaliningrad, so frontline members keep raising defence and border spending and the region carries a persistent risk premium.
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Latvia says armed escorts on the Belarusian side threatened its soldiers before a second border breach, while Russian state media published commentary on threats to attack Kaliningrad. Armed border incidents are now combining with escalating rhetoric, the deniable, low-cost pressure the thesis predicts will push up Baltic border spending.
Supporting · October 7, 2026
Latvia says armed escorts on the Belarusian side threatened its soldiers before a second border breach
Latvia says armed escorts on the Belarusian side threatened its soldiers before a second border breach, while Russian state media published commentary on threats to attack Kaliningrad. Armed border incidents are now combining with escalating rhetoric, the deniable, low-cost pressure the thesis predicts will push up Baltic border spending.
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