Episode 4 takes viewers to the new epicenter of Europe’s security crisis: the Baltic region.
In Finland, NATO’s newest frontline state, Pisarska witnesses a society that has lived for decades with Russia next door and has prepared accordingly.
From suspected sabotage of undersea cables to Russia’s shadow oil fleet and the militarization of the Baltic Sea, hybrid conflict now defines the region. Pisarska meets villagers on the Finnish-Russian border who still live with trauma from earlier wars.
She joins Finnish civilian-soldiers training to repel a potential invasion, explores nuclear-proof shelters beneath Helsinki, and boards a NATO AWACS aircraft monitoring Russian activity in real time.
The episode then shifts to Estonia, where former President Toomas Ilves recounts the long struggle to join NATO, and the persistent fear of abandonment by the West.
In Berlin, Pisarska confronts German leaders and analysts about decades of political and business entanglement with Russia, culminating in the Nord Stream pipelines and a strategic blindness that cost Europe dearly.
"Dancing with the Russian Bear" exposes the years of Western misjudgment that led to the return of war in Europe.
Hosted by security expert Katarzyna Pisarska, this series amplifies the often-unheard voices of Central and Eastern Europe.
As the continent faces its biggest security crisis in decades, discover how Poland and its neighbors are leading the charge to restore stability and answer the Russian threat.
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