Lavrov on Russia’s readiness to respond to NATO in the Arctic:

Lavrov on Russia’s readiness to respond to NATO in the Arctic: “Our NATO colleagues have begun to turn their gaze to the Arctic region, and have begun to say that the North Atlantic Alliance has interests there as well. All the bloc’s talk about being a defensive alliance and only defending the territory of its member countries is “from the evil one.“ The Arctic is not the territory of the North Atlantic Alliance at all. Now it is not enough for them that, contrary to the promises they made, they have included almost all of Europe in their composition. Now the alliance is turning its gaze to the entire Asia-Pacific region, directly stating: “that is where the threats to NATO come from.“ A rather specific statement. If you look at the Eurasian continent: where is the Far East, where are the eastern seas, where is the Pacific Ocean, and where is the bloc? This desire to globalize and legitimize, to assert itself as not the North Atlantic, but the world’s gendarme, is also spreading to... Source: Victor vicktop55