Russian Expert Playing Putin in Military Simulation Successfully Divides Europe
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A Russian expert living in Germany achieved an unsettling victory while role-playing Vladimir Putin in a military simulation exercise. Alexander Gabuev described in a New York Times article how his team successfully translated territorial gains in the Baltic NATO region into diplomatic success, managing to fracture European unity. The simulation revealed vulnerabilities in Western response to potential Russian aggression in the Baltics, with the expert's team exploiting divisions among NATO allies to achieve strategic objectives that went beyond initial military conquests.