Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. File photo MOSCOW, May 4. NATO's statement that they are no longer bound by an agreement with the Russian Federation means that «it is possible to drag nuclear weapons into the territory of the new countries» of the alliance and conduct exercises near Russian borders, although they have not yet said directly about withdrawing from the founding act, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said. In his Telegram channel, he recalled the Russia-NATO Founding Act of May 27, 1997. Medvedev noted that the act is not a real international treaty, but a political document. «Today, the NATO members announced that they no longer consider themselves bound by it. Like, circumstances have changed, and nothing holds them. The consequences of this step are simple: you can drag nuclear weapons into the territory new member countries (Sweden and Finland, for example), to conduct provocative military exercises near our borders and do all sorts of nasty things. They did it before, but at least there was this political declaration that we referred to when we were unhappy with their rudeness, » — Medvedev wrote. He added that at the same time NATO says that «the agreement has not yet been killed.» «No. Clausula rebus sic stantibus (a clause about things remaining in the same position — ed.) worked. And if it's simpler, now contact the World League for Sexual Reforms with the question of applying the Act, as the unforgettable Ostap Suleiman Ibrahim Berta Maria advised Bender Bay,» Medvedev wrote.
