Member of the Presidium of the General Council of the United Russia party Adalbi ShkhagoshevMOSCOW, February 9 Russia has become the center of the negotiation process on security guarantees, while some EU members question the authority of NATO, while others are trying to solve their own internal problems in a dialogue with the Russian Federation, Adalbi Shkhagoshev, a member of the State Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption, told RIA Novosti. The European Union has prepared a letter to Russia with a proposal to continue negotiations on the situation around Ukraine, Politico reports with reference to the draft document.The media spoke about fear in the EU due to possible sanctions against Russia» A spontaneous political marathon has emerged, a line has formed for conversations with the Russian leadership and directly with Putin. This, in my opinion, confirms the importance of Russia's proposals for security guarantees in the context of global security around the world «, — he stressed. According to the politician, the members of the European Union, who habitually relied on the United States in security matters, «they don't want to do this anymore — they don't want to do it in a collective format.» «Biden, Macron, Johnson, Erdogan, Scholz and further down the list are politicians who really want to be participants in this big conversation, because they believe that Russia's proposals can really establish security not only in the European region, but also in the world,» he added. he. However, this is not the only reason for the «political marathon.» Shkhagoshev notes that European leaders can use the dialogue with Russia to resolve their internal issues. In addition, according to him, many states are now «weary from NATO membership,» and forced to look for solutions to their own problems, they resort to dialogue with the Russian Federation. «In fact, for many political leaders, Putin is becoming a benchmark for achieving certain goals in his country in order to raise his own status and rating. But, I repeat, we do not deviate from our strategy, in any case,» he noted. 
In France, they criticized the policy of the European Union regarding Russia Shkhagoshev noted, although members of the alliance may not directly declare this, «but the authority of NATO is very doubtful now.» «Therefore, each member of the alliance begins to think very deeply. Russia sought a dialogue — today «all flags will visit us,» — he stated.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, requires legal guarantees from Western partners to refuse further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukraine bloc and from creating 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. At the end of January, the US and NATO sent to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees.
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