Flags of NATO and member states in front of the organization's headquarters in BrusselsMOSCOW, 14 Jan. Readers of the Canadian The Globe And Mail criticized the publication of the author of the publication, in which he stated that Russia could not demand guarantees of non-expansion of NATO at its borders. Columnist Doug Sanders said that security talks between Russia, the United States and NATO stalled due to demands Moscow on guarantees of non-expansion of the alliance. The author criticized the idea of the existence of spheres of influence, and also called verbal promises about the non-expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance to the east a myth. In addition, the journalist said that Russia itself sought to join a military bloc. Readers did not agree with Sanders' statements. «Russia's current position <…> is due to the events of Russian history, since over the past millennium, the Mongols, Ottomans, Swedes invaded Russia , French, British, Japanese, Poles, Germans and many more,” William Benjamin wrote.»Absolutely crazy?» The Poles disowned the ex-foreign minister who threatened Russia. He did not agree with the position that NATO did not threaten Russia, and called the country's entry into the alliance only fantasies. «The prospect that a large military contingent will be deployed several hundred miles from Moscow and even several miles from St. Petersburg is not a situation that the Russian government is ready to put up with,” added a reader. Cuba. «Would the United States quietly stand by if the Soviet Union or China again tried to expand their influence in Cuba and the Caribbean?» the commentator asked. He also drew attention to Finland, which borders Russia and has close ties with it, but at the same time is part of the Western world, and cited the policy of a northern European state as an example to Ukraine.
In Poland, the «devilish» plan of the United States and NATO against Russia was revealedMidlife Crisis Athlete called statements about Russia's desire to join NATO strange. he asked. One reader stated that Ukraine and Kazakhstan were not part of the Russian «sphere of influence», to which another commentator pointed out that the two countries could not be included in the US «sphere of influence» either. Earlier in the week, a series of consultations took place between Russia, the US and NATO on security assurances: on January 9-10, the issue was discussed in Geneva at meetings with the American side, on January 12 at a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, and on January 13 at the OSCE site.
The British presented themselves as Russians and understood PutinRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the West promised next week to give written answers to Russian proposals on a treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO. As the minister emphasized, Moscow needs a specific answer to each article of the documents put forward — the further actions of the Russian side and the prospects for resuming negotiations will depend on this. funds near the Russian border, the removal of American nuclear weapons from Europe and guarantees of non-expansion of NATO to the east.
