The real point is not related to aviation, but related to the territorial ambitions of the world’s largest country. And undoubtedly it has to do with the mineral resources that are present. The Russian Federation is morally bankrupt, immoral, and corrupt to the core. At best it belongs to the second world, and without its own resources would be more likely to slide towards the third world, than joining the first world. Putting that aside it has enough military resources to cause a lot of headaches. The best thing for the world is for oil prices to remain low, this way it will curtail these mobsters masquerading as world leaders.
Back in the mid-eighties I was flying between Tuktoyaktuk and Sachs Harbour in a twin otter (empty after dropping off some cargo), and we saw what looked like a ship, in a place that you never, ever saw ships. We went for a closer look and saw the big red star on the conning tower as we got closer, with sailors running on deck, we turned tail very quickly. This was indeed a Soviet submarine (remember those days?) on the surface. We reported this to the DoD, but never heard anything about it afterwards.
I hope Canada with the help of NATO will keep a very tight rein on these nuts.