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View of the city of Vilnius. File photoMOSCOW, June 15A possible decision by Russia to withdraw recognition of the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will force NATO to exclude these countries from the alliance, State Duma deputy Yevgeny Fedorov told Sputnik Latvia. The politician explained that Russia's withdrawal the decision to recognize the independence of the Baltic States will create legal grounds that will force the North Atlantic Alliance to return to the 1997 borders. to exclude the Baltic states from NATO,” Fedorov said. According to the parliamentarian, in this case, the situation will arise that the admission of these states to the North Atlantic Alliance occurred in violation of the principle of disputed territories, but “information about this has only just been revealed.”Lavrov spoke about NATO's rude response to the a survey on the expansion of the alliance «Lawyers call it — in connection with newly discovered circumstances,» the deputy added. Earlier, Fedorov submitted to the State Duma a bill to cancel the resolution of the USSR State Council «On the recognition of the independence of the Republic of Lithuania», the explanatory note to the document says that the decision is illegal, since it was adopted by an unconstitutional body in violation of the requirements of several articles of the USSR Constitution. The MP also added that in the future such experience is planned to be extended to other Baltic countries and Ukraine. country's independence