Europe must be prepared for the fact that the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin may dejstvovatj not until the end rationally, said the former NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in the Hague, speaking at the plenary meeting of the parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth.
" We proceed from the fact that the Russian President is 100% rational. We hope that it is. But if he is rational only 95%? Do We have to be prepared for these 5% of irrationality, which increases the likelihood of bringing to irrational decision? You can't give me a warranty, and I cannot guarantee that centuries Putin is 100% rational. This means that We must Also be ready to irrational scenarios, " he said. Scheffer said that about This it is easy to speak in the conference Center in the Hague, informs UNIAN." But if You live in Tallinn, Riga or Vilnius Is different. We must be serious, " said former Secretary General of NATO." NATO must be serious. I think NATO is obliged to do everything in his power and within its mandate, to keep Putin from any steps or measures that he will be able to violate the territory of NATO countries or make a mess on the square of the NATO countries. I used the word " hold " - We don't quite love after the cold war. But there's to keep. We must keep Putin that he did not go further - and so he has gone very far, " said Scheffer. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. on 12 September the EU and the US on the background of the progress of the Minsk agreements between Kiev and militias Donbass about stopping the fire entered against Russia fresh penalties against financial, oil and defense industries. Also expanded the list of individuals who are under punishment.


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