Russia is creating information conditions for a possible escalation against NATO countries, - ISW

 The Kremlin continues to create information conditions to justify a possible escalation of the Russian Federation against NATO countries in the future, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

RBC-Ukraine reports this on the ISW report.

The Kremlin continues efforts to enforce Russian federal laws in post-Soviet countries where Russia has no legal jurisdiction, the report said.

Yesterday, March 31, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov said that Russia, contrary to international law, will continue to defend its right to apply the laws of the Russian Federation to officials of NATO and post-Soviet states for their actions committed on the territory of their own countries, where Russian courts have no jurisdiction, and therefore the pursuit is "unrealistic".

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs put several officials from NATO member countries on the wanted list on charges of violating various Russian laws in their own countries.

ISW believes that the Kremlin's attempts to apply its federal laws against NATO officials for actions in their own countries effectively deny the sovereignty of those states and are part of Russia's efforts to create information conditions to justify possible escalation against NATO countries in the future.

In February, Russian media reported that the Russian Federation had put dozens of officials of the governments of NATO member countries and the European Union on the wanted list for allegedly desecrating and destroying monuments to Soviet soldiers.

Yesterday, March 31, the Russian Foreign Ministry made a statement that the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall on March 22 allegedly had a “Ukrainian trace” and demanded that Ukraine arrest and extradite “all those involved,” including the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk. The security service called this statement worthless.