Russian President Putin called NATO an instrument of US foreign policy
Russian President Vladimir Putin called NATO an instrument of US foreign policy. He stated this in a conversation with journalist Pavel Zarubin. Video published in Telegram– Kremlin channel.
“I think that NATO is of no use at all, there is no point. There is only one meaning – it is an instrument of US foreign policy. But if the United States believes that it does not need this instrument, that is its decision,” he emphasized.
Earlier, the Russian leader said that many European politicians warned Moscow about the threat of NATO expansion after the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to him, one of these politicians was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Egon Bahr.
Also, the head of Russia, in an interview with China Central Television, recalled that in 1991 NATO made a promise not to expand to the east.
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