MOSCOW, Jul 7 All Russia's attempts to engage in dialogue with the West on sensitive topics, including including on strategic stability, were ignored, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. «Our proposals to create a system of equal security in Europe have been rejected, initiatives to work together on the issue of missile defense have been rejected, warnings about the unacceptability of NATO expansion, especially at the expense of the former republics of the Soviet Union, have been ignored «, — he said at a meeting with the leaders of the factions of the State Duma. Moreover, the president noted that the possible integration of Russia into the alliance was perceived by the participating countries as absurd. «Even the very idea of Russia's possible integration into this very North Atlantic alliance at the stage of our At that time, it seemed to the members of NATO that it seemed absurd,» Putin added. special operations: they want to defeat us on the battlefield — let them try
