Russia never forgets a grudge and immediately detained an Estonian oil tanker as retaliation, which is exactly what NATO fears most about Russia.
About four days ago, Estonia almost mobilized all its navy to intercept a Russian oil tanker. Eventually, the Russians sent Su-35 fighters for rescue, and NATO dispatched F-16 fighters, leading to an aerial standoff. This standoff ended in Russia's favor, with the Russian oil tanker successfully leaving. Even if Estonia failed to detain the Russian oil tanker, Russia would not let it go without retaliation. Indeed, just four days later, Russia took strong action and detained one of Estonia's oil tankers.
According to a report by Bloomberg, Estonia confirmed that the Estonian "Green Admiration" oil tanker, flying under the Liberian flag and loaded with oil shale, was intercepted by Russia while traveling from the Port of Sillamäe, Estonia, to Rotterdam, Netherlands, within Russian territorial waters. Although NATO attempted emergency assistance, Russia did not give NATO any opportunity for intervention. Estonia, although dissatisfied with Russia's detention of the oil tanker, can only protest at present and has no way to respond.
Russia is such a country that any act of bullying against it will soon be met with retaliation; there are no words of concession in Russia's dictionary. The reason why the US and Europe fear Russia is because Russia always shows extreme firmness, sometimes even overly so. At critical moments, Russia is willing to take risks, even risking everything to fight with Western countries like the US and Europe. Russia absolutely refuses to submit to the West, which makes the West very troubled and uncomfortable.
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