A top adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the Kremlin wants “a 100 percent guarantee” that Ukraine will be prevented from joining NATO.
Dmitri Peskov told the BBC that NATO’s eastward expansion continued to make Russia “nervous.” His comments echoed similar tough talk coming from President Putin, who promised a crowd attending a forum in Moscow on Tuesday that Russia would never be subdued by Washington.
“Throughout history no one has ever managed to do so toward Russia – and no one ever will,” RT quoted Putin as saying.
Putin’s remarks came as NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg accused the Russian …read more
Source: Time
