NATO Supreme Commander Philip Breedlove has accused Russia of deliberately becoming an adversary of the West, and has warned that Russia poses an “existential threat” to the U.S. and the Western world. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter added fuel to the fire by accusing Russia of intimidating its neighbours, saying that he doubts Moscow is committed to strategic stability on nuclear weapons. Both of these anti-Russian views were given by Carter and Breedlove in testimony before two congressional committees on February 25, reflecting the growing anti-Russian mood in Washington and Europe. Rferl.org reports: Breedlove has been one the most vocal critics of Russia among top U.S. military brass since Moscow annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in March 2014 and subsequently backed separatists fighting Kyiv’s forces in eastern Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly dismissed assertions by U.S. and European officials that it presents a threat to the West, portraying the accusations as dangerous saber-rattling. Breedlove told the U.S. House Armed Services Committee that Russia was seeking to “rewrite the agreed rules of the international order,” and undermine unity in Europe. “Russia has chosen to be an adversary and poses a long-term existential threat to the United States and to our European allies and partners,” [...]