Declaring that “Russian aggression”, the need to improve the defense of NATO is simply using the situation to “pump more money to make the country-members of the Alliance to fork,” said the first Deputy head of the International Committee of the Federation Council, General spaclub in resignation Vladimir dzhabarov.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg within the framework of the Warsaw summit, said that NATO and Russia are no longer strategic partners, but do not conduct the cold war. He also said that NATO leaders agreed that relations with Russia will be based on the defence and dialogue.
NATO is simply using the situation to pump more money to make the country-members of the Alliance to shell out, because in recent years they have not wanted to raise defense spending,” dzhabarov told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
He believes that “the future still for a dialogue between Russia and NATO, but the Alliance will maintain hawkish rhetoric to ensure funding for their projects and to increase their own importance.
The MP stressed that the NATO leadership is composed of sane people who will not allow a military conflict, and all statements – “for external use, to taxpayers.
Commenting on the statements of NATO officials about the deployment of four battalions in the Baltic States and Poland, the Senator noted that 2 thousand people will not decide the outcome of any military campaign. Statements about the readiness of missile defense systems is done in order to force Russia to concede. “They thought that with the deployment of missile defense Russia will become confused, make concessions, however, our country has strengthened its position in the Baltic sky was closed over the Crimea. They thought that they would have to take, we will prepare response measures”, — said the MP.
He also stressed that “external military threat” allegedly posed by Russia, it is very beneficial to the Europeans and to pacify its citizens who are tired of sanctions, a slowdown in the economy. Dzhabarov recalled that in several countries of the European parliamentary elections are coming soon, and sentiment can change. “Already on Cyprus, Italy, France, parliamentarians have advocated the need for the easing of sanctions against Russia”,- said the Senator.
