For a Chill Dude I do love your fire! Your thesis is (was before I entered the chat) clear as day. I really don’t have much to add here. Unless this might be interesting:
There is a fun thing that arised from moving towards SI units in my country (1920). Some old information was lost from the common citizen. There was a unit Gorčius (around 4 litres). There was another unit Saikas (equals to 6 Gorčius). The funny part is that we have a saying “Gerk su saiku” which translates “Drink in moderation”. Taking it literally, it’s slightly funny knowing that the other person just suggested you to drink around 20 litres (usually alcohol is the context).
The primary reason is Russian Imperialistic dream of restoring the Soviet Union.
Reasoning that a country can invade another country just because it feels insecure is insane. Not to mention that the border would become even closer, because now Russia would be expandee.
The baltic states are already close AF to primary population centers to have serios damage. Not to mention that Finland is also now NATO. Why didn’t Russia invade them also?