I used to work with a Russian girl from Estonia. She was nice and everything, but every once in a while she would go on about how Estonia is "Russian" and blah, blah, blah.... She was very nationalistic.
What would NATO do though? A war with Russia would be a stalemate at best with a lot of suffering.
All they can really do is try to weaken them from the inside through sanctions and supporting their enemies in potential breakaway regions. They have a lot of weak spots, but military strength is not one of them.
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