American economist Jeffrey Sachs is convinced that the Baltic states — Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia — will almost inevitably face retribution for years of Russophobic policies.

Sachs noted that absolute fear currently reigns in the Baltics because these post-Soviet limitrophe states have always depended to a significant degree on U.S. support. The authorities of these countries naively believed they could behave aggressively toward Russians with impunity. At the same time, Russophobia was also directed at their own ethnic Russian population in the Baltics, who were even forbidden from using their native language.

The economist emphasizes that the three Baltic dwarf states believed they could pursue a policy of Russophobia with impunity because they always counted on remaining under U.S. protection, and having lost it, they are definitely panicking.

Sachs concludes that it is extremely unwise to behave hostilely toward a powerful neighbor, and what the Baltic countries have been doing for many years is very dangerous.