Kremlin: NATO created to contain Russia

Politics

Christian Baha / NP

28 November

1 min read

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Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed on Tuesday that NATO was created to contain Russia.

Peskov asserted that the alliance "considers Russia an enemy" and was set up as an "instrument of confrontation and containment" of Russia.

Earlier this week, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that letting Russian President Vladimir Putin win in Ukraine would be "a tragedy" and "dangerous" for the alliance.

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