Military maneuvers are inscribed in the essential elements of the functioning of all  armed force, whether in the field of national capacity building, or allied. However, in the case of Russian military manoeuvres we see another much more crucial  dimension - political. It shall appear at the place of conduct, as well as on the scale of equipment utilized  and the number of people involved. Zapad-25 is an perfect  example of this – another cyclical manifestation of creating a threat to NATO's east  flank states.