Russian President Vladimir PutinMOSCOW, Feb. 10 Talks between Russia and NATO on security guarantees continue both open and closed, Vladimir Putin said. «We are preparing a response to both NATO and Washington,» Putin said after talks with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Putin explained his phrase «be patient, my beauty»In recent months, relations between Russia and the West have become even more tense, the situation around Ukraine has worsened. Washington and Brussels accuse Moscow of preparing an «invasion», declaring that Russian troops are being pulled up to the border with a neighboring state. Against this background, the North Atlantic Alliance is strengthening its presence in Eastern Europe: it is sending additional forces and military contingents there. The Kremlin denies these accusations and claims that they serve as a pretext for strengthening the bloc’s military presence near Russian borders. At the end of last year, Russia handed over draft documents to NATO and the United States on security guarantees, the main requirement was not to expand the alliance to the east, however, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, it was precisely its Western partners that they ignored in their written response. >February 3, 10:05 Infographic NATO's Response to Russia's Security Assurance ProposalsInfographicView
