Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Ordzhonikidze: NATO troops have already entered the borders of the former USSR
Sergei Ordzhonikidze. Photo: Nina Zotina / RIA Novosti
Russia is worried about the entry of NATO troops into the borders of the former USSR. As the former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ordzhonikidze told Izvestia, there is a threat to the Russian Federation.
According to the former deputy minister, since the liquidation of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the strategic situation has changed in a threatening direction for Russia.
“Today NATO troops have already entered the borders of the former USSR. All European countries of the Warsaw Pact became members of the North Atlantic Alliance. Now we actually have nowhere to retreat. The flight time of the missiles was decreasing at a catastrophic rate. The NATO grouping is incomparably more numerous than the Russian one. They say that we are threatening someone, but it looks stupid and ridiculous if they have superiority in all types of weapons, “Ordzhonikidze explained.
On December 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry published draft agreements between Russia, NATO and the United States on security guarantees. The document, in particular, says that the United States should not create military bases in the territories of the former USSR countries that are not members of NATO. The United States also did not recommend using their infrastructure for any military activity and developing bilateral military cooperation with them.
