Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s paranoid fear of alleged Western attempts to limit Russia’s power has led to the spending of about 25% of the Russian state budget on militarization, according to Director of National Intelligence Avril Gaines. These estimates were made during a hearing in the US Congress on May 2. Gaines said that NATO’s efforts were aimed at assuring the opposite – that the West does not threaten Russia, but Putin himself accelerated events he was trying to avoid by his own decisions. We are talking about the accession of neighboring Finland and Sweden to NATO. The intellige…