Putin insults Stoltenberg: “He suffers from dementia”. Then the threats to NATO
High tension between Russia and NATO. President Vladimir Putin recalled that he spoke with Jens Stoltenberg, current secretary general of the Atlantic Alliance “when he was Prime Minister of Norway and was not yet suffering from dementia. I discussed and resolved difficult issues with him regarding the Barents Sea and other issues and we managed to reach an agreement”. “At that time, I am sure that he did not suffer from dementia,” Putin said, speaking at a press conference from Tashkent, as reported by Russian agencies.
NATO countries, especially European ones, “must be aware of what they are playing with. These are serious things and we are monitoring them with the utmost attention”. The Russian president declared it, Vladimir Putinresponding to the hypothesis put forward by the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, that Ukraine uses Western-supplied weapons on Russian territory. According to Putin, before talking about attacks deep into Russian territory, “the governments of NATO countries should remember that the members of the Alliance, as a rule, are small states with a very high population density“. He also warned that the possible entry of NATO troops into Ukraine would be “another step towards conflict in Europe and a global war”.
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