Dmitry Mikhalev. The expansion of NATO to the East is obvious, destabilizing, believes the head of the presidential administration of Russia Sergei Ivanov.

first Minister of defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu said about the " unprecedented " growth of activity of the military might of the USA and NATO in Eastern Europe of the Russian borders. According to Russia's envoy to the Alliance, Alexander Grushko, NATO is using the situation in Ukraine to revive itself and to achieve increase of expenses of the members of the unit for military needs.

" Promotion of infrastructure of the NATO to the East, in my opinion, is clearly destabilizing nature and has no relation to the real problems of security in the European Union, " Ivanov said reporters on Thursday.

He said That the issue of NATO expansion to the East in the last ten years have been raised many times, And among them in the Baltics.

" That, from this point of view security in a world very rapidly improved? Or someone seriously believes That Russia prepared for aggression? It's just used As a psychological trick, or It initially psychological trick to push the military infrastructure of NATO closer to our borders, " He said.

No military sense, " Ivanov is not seeing Is " more policy Or politicking ".

" A different word about the fact That it is necessary to strengthen the Eastern borders of NATO, Any sense (not be), but creating additional issues in relations between Russia and NATO.

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