Russia vows
to respond to NATO’s military build-up up on its eastern borders
and the Baltics in a “predictable and systematic way”, saying the
Western military alliance’s actions are reminiscent of its Cold
War-era rhetoric. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that
Moscow will no longer regard NATO’s Cold War-era rhetoric “a
thing of the past," adding that Russia-NATO relations are
“quickly rolling back” to Cold War-era lows.
[...]
The Russian
official expressed alarm over "the expansion of NATO presence
and the bloc's ongoing enlargement" towards the country's
borders. "This is a source of concern for Moscow and is the
reason for a series of predictable, systematic and consecutive steps
which Moscow is taking to safeguard its security interests under the
current circumstances,” Peskov added.
Last week,
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said his country has boosted
its military presence in the country’s southwest with “precision
long-range weapons” to fend off “attempts by some nations
to expand their military presence” near Russia’s borders.
Shoigu added that the Southern Military District has also been
reinforced by air defense and the Russian navy potential in the
southwest has been strengthened by one-third.
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