MOSCOW, Jan 28 Russian President Vladimir Putin will find a form and time to express his position «I have no doubt that this will happen. I have no doubt that the president will find a form and time when he will express his position. No decision has been made yet. As soon as it is accepted, we will inform you,» he said. At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further eastward expansion of NATO, joining the Ukrainian bloc, and establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also contain a clause on the non-deployment of NATO strike weapons near Russia's borders and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. On Wednesday, Washington handed over to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees. The State Department expressed the hope that they will not be published and remain the subject of diplomatic negotiations between the two sides. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier that Moscow is studying the responses of the United States and NATO, after interdepartmental coordination it will be reported to Putin, he will decide on further steps. />January 12, 08:43InfographicDraft Security Assurance Agreement between Russia and NATOInfographicView
