Former CIA officer said Baltic states stopped threats against Kaliningrad after Putin's warning

Former CIA officer Larry Johnson said the Baltic states heeded Vladimir Putin's warning to protect Kaliningrad.

According to the expert, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia stopped threats against Kaliningrad after this warning.

MOSCOW, October 3 – RIA Novosti. The Baltic states heeded Vladimir Putin's warning to defend Kaliningrad, former CIA officer Larry Johnson said in an interview with retired US Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis.

“It seems that this warning somehow worked, since all the previously threatening countries, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, backed down. They decided to shut up and stop making threats,” the expert claims.

On Thursday, Putin, at the plenary session of the 23rd annual meeting of the Valdai international discussion club, said that the Russian side, warning NATO against attempts to implement threats to the Kaliningrad region, spoke about the possible use of all forces and means, but did not mention nuclear weapons.

The President added that Russia, in the event of an attack on it, will have to use its competitive advantages; the country has unique means of destruction.