German media: Russia is too weak to attack NATO countries

Russia and Belarus started joint exercises "West", NATO anxiously watching him. "Why do the maneuvers right now, in this moment of time?", – asks the correspondent of german tv channel das erste udo lilichka. The arguments of the correspondent, who is in Moscow, leads inotv:"First of all, Vladimir Putin, over the years spent a lot of money to modernize his army, and that, in the first place, a perfectly normal consequence that the military want to check out if everything works and if everything communicates properly. The second reason is, of course, the upcoming presidential elections in march next year. Russia is experiencing a really severe economic crisis, the people's discontent is growing. On economic themes of the Kremlin just can not score points.

So as an alternative here willing to show that Russia has again become a highly efficient, strong and modern military power. Another argument – although we in the West and can't really believe it – could be a real feeling of threat to many military here. These teachings, they seem to want to say to NATO: "We are really efficient, we can immediately defend against attacks similar to the simulated"". So what exactly is a concern for NATO, which fears the leadership of the alliance?udo riliskis: "This includes, for example, the fear that the Russian troops, who now went to Belarus for a training exercise, it will stay there. The commander of NATO forces in Europe ben hodges said of the trojan horse, which there is now formed. However, most of the military experts with whom i spoke, don't you think something like this is possible. The baltic states is extremely alarmed by the presence of numerous troops on their borders, but, once again, most of the military experts with whom i spoke, reacting rather calmly.

They say a direct attack on the state of NATO at the present time, none of us can imagine. For this army, Putin still clearly too weak. It was udo riliskis from Moscow, thank you. ".