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made their 7th forecast (view all):
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Answer
1% (-1%)
Estonia
1% (0%)
Latvia
1% (-1%)
Lithuania

The more I read about the current situation along the frontline in Eastern Ukraine, the less likely it seems that Russia will engage in the Baltics in the next 3 years.

I have a hard time giving extremely low probabilities with such a wide forecasting window, but a full-blown invasion is simply implausible.

There might be some likelihood that disputes along the border cause accidents that turn into short-scale skirmishes, but nothing more. 

There might be some leeway in the definition of significant deployment of Russian military forces [...] "across the border into the territory". Russia could potentially try to forcefully take control of a very small area along the border. That might count toward a positive resolution,

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