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PUTIN: West Is Deliberately Fostering Fears Of "Russian Aggression" Only In A Madman's Dream Would Russia Suddenly Attack NATO
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"Russia is not building up its offensive military capabilities overseas and is only responding to security threats caused by US and NATO military expansion on its borders, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Italian outlet Il Corriere della Sera.
Speaking to the paper on the eve of his visit to Italy, Putin stressed that one should not take the ongoing “Russian aggression” scaremongering in the West seriously, as a global military conflict is unimaginable in the modern world.
“I think that only an insane person and only in a dream can imagine that Russia would suddenly attack NATO. I think some countries are simply taking advantage of people’s fears with regard to Russia. They just want to play the role of front-line countries that should receive some supplementary military, economic, financial or some other aid,” Putin said.
Certain countries could be deliberately nurturing such fears, he added, saying that hypothetically the US could need an external threat to maintain its leadership in the Atlantic community. “Iran is clearly not very scary or big enough” for this, Putin noted with irony.
Russia’s military policy is “not global, offensive or aggressive,” Putin stressed, adding that Russia “virtually [has] no bases abroad” – only few remnants of Soviet past.
The military spending of the NATO countries combined is 10 times higher than that of the Russian Federation, Putin stressed.
“Everything we do is just a response to the threats emerging against us. Besides, what we do is limited in scope and scale, but is, however, sufficient to ensure Russia’s security,” Putin underlined."
Read More: [link to rt.com]
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