But You understand that it is not possible to hold these countries and this would be the economic death of Russia? If one organization it is clearly Nato. But I thought this has been discussed a thousand times. You fell for the propaganda trap (I suppose it's german media).  You should start watching the geopolitical chessboard with emotional or other bias if You want to understand what's going on. I highly recommend starting with ''Zbigniew Brzezínski'' to get an idea why there is a big conflict (again) in Ucraine. 

> Europe has no resources worth mentioning that any aggressor could seize. 

You clearly don't understand Russia and Putin. Resources isn't primary goal. Primary goal is to restore empire - from NATO and EU member states that includes Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. If you watch Russian national TV shows, there show hosts and guests discuss that openly for some time regularly.

P.S. But there are big potential shale gas reserves in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Ukraine. https://www.mining.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Shale.jpg

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The eternal accusation that Vladimir Putin would further invade Europe is not only unfounded - it specifically targets the naive, ignorant European media consumer and irresponsibly terrifies him. Europe has no resources worth mentioning that any aggressor could seize. Europe is the potential balancing market vis-à-vis China for Russia's resources. That's why there will of course be trade deals between the states of Europe and Russia again in the future. 