In both houses of Parliament responded to the message of the Ambassador of the United States in Germany, Richard Grennel about the fact that " Russia is on the threshold." so the American diplomat "argued" the need to increase spending to Berlin for a NATO defense with one and a half percent up to 2 years to 2024. in the Federation Council believe that the message of the Ambassador is connected with the position of Germany on the " Nord stream - 2 ". "Apparently, the US believes that the gas from Russia is on the threshold and carries some risk. This is just nonsense. Americans rightly make such statements ", - said in an interview RT 1st Deputy Chairman of the division for international Affairs Vladimir dzhabarov. according to his vision, such appeals, the United States will not affect the fate of the pipeline. Jabbarov said that Washington opposed " militarization of Germany ", and now, on the contrary, motivates Berlin to this. The Senator expressed doubt that Germany will want to invest in NATO's two percent of the budget. According to his statement, Berlin " to blackmail will not succumb ". However, anti-Russian policy of the US capital will continue for a long time, he finished. in the state Duma, told that the call of the American Ambassador seeks to whitewash a new arms race. 1st Deputy Chairman of the division for international Affairs Dmitry Novikov in conversation told RT that the armed forces of Germany as some other countries, quite closely integrated into arsentevskoe structure. in his vision, in the near future, the phrase will be possible to hear not only from America, but from the military of the European countries. "It is clear that in the end such ideas are grist to the mill to escalate the situation, reinforce the anti-Russian propaganda, which is widely represented not only in United States but also in countries of the European Union ", - noted the Deputy. <span style="color:darkgray