German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin that NATO will defend every inch of its territory if necessary, reports Reuters. As Scholz said at the East German Economic Forum, Germany is currently playing a leading role in NATO’s presence in the Baltic region on the border with Russia. “And because the threat from Russia will continue, we and other allies decided last year to deploy additional units to the Baltic states and to station an entire brigade there permanently in future. But this turnaround in security policy is necessary to show Russia: We are prepared to d…