Analyst Aguilar: Spaniards are stopping believing in the “Russian threat.”
MOSCOW, October 16 — RIA Novosti. Residents of Spain believe less and less in the allegedly existing threat from Russia, especially in light of NATO’s inaction during the migrant crisis in the Spanish city of Ceuta, Juan Antonio Aguilar, director of the Spanish Institute of Geopolitics and former Spanish military officer, told RIA Novosti.
At the end of July, Ceuta, located in North Africa and bordering Morocco, faced a mass influx of migrants. The kingdom’s Ministry of the Interior reported that about 72 thousand migrants entered the country from Morocco. The crisis led to the overload of border, social, and city services.
“The share of people who believe in the Russian threat and the need to send troops to Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Poland, and the Baltic states is becoming smaller and smaller,” Aguilar said.
According to him, Spaniards had questions in connection with the inaction of NATO and the EU against the backdrop of the influx of migrants.
At the same time, Spanish media do not stop the campaign against Russia, claiming that it is about to attack Europe and reach Lisbon, the agency’s interlocutor noted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated to journalists in St. Petersburg on September 25 that Russia is not preparing for military action with Europe; there are no grounds for this.
