Russia has reacted with fury after UK defence secretary Michael Fallon warned there was a “real and present danger” that Moscow could repeat the tactics used to de-stabilise Ukraine against the Baltic States.
Mr Fallon went to describe Russian president Vladimir Putin as posing as great a danger to Europe as Islamic State.
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