Russia plans to strengthen its own accumulation in Crimea in the Wake of increased NATO activity in Eastern Europe, said permanent Commissioner of Russia to NATO, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Alexander Grushko.
"From the perspective of quality, nothing has changed, but not completely, of course, we will be enhancing its accumulation in the Crimea, based on the fact that NATO countries over the past period of time enhance the activity, place the potential in the vicinity of our borders," said Grushko, reports RIA " Novosti ".
according to him, this decision is also due To the fact that for many years it was necessary to modernise the fleet, but Moscow was not able to do because of preventing the Ukrainian side. First of Grushko said that recent statements by commissioners NATO says that the Alliance lives in his own reality, ignoring the progress made in resolving the Donbas. On Thursday, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Commonwealth of Jens Stoltenberg said that the increased NATO presence in Eastern Europe due to "Russian aggression" in Ukraine. He believes that the Alliance as long as enough increased its presence in the Baltic States. While Stoltenberg said that the Alliance supports punishment against capital of Russia, but remains open to the exchange of political opinions. At the same time Deputy Minister of defense of Russia Anatoly Antonov said that in connection With crisis in Ukraine all the positive in relations With the Alliance collapsed, NATO has taken the course of confrontation.
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