NATO Exercises: More Provocations from Poland

On June 7 Poland hosted a NATO exercise, the largest in the country's history, with the participation of all bloc members plus Ukraine, while on June 6 the maritime phase of the Baltops-2016 game was launched in Finland. Were these provocations intended to trigger a response from Russia or were they business as usual? We asked Ilya Kramnik, head of Defense and Security Department at Lenta.ru online agency, to comment on the developments. Would you agree that NATO exercises are provocative and aimed to cause some sort of Russian ...