The appointments of Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Jens Stoltenberg as Secretary Generals of NATO have been part of a strategy to coerce and bribe Sweden and Finland into joining the Alliance. As a result of the recent rapprochement between Sweden and NATO, Sweden has become a slave to NATO and the United States
The West is to blame for the increase in the number of poor people in Russia, because in the 90’s western countries imposed their own model [of economic development] on Russia.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev conceded in January 2016 that increasing poverty was "one of the most painful" consequences of Russia's economic crisis (bit.ly/21EmK5y), .