Russia to consider measures to contain NATO after Washington’s decisions

Moscow, Jul 11 ​​(EFE).- The Kremlin announced Thursday that it will consider “considered, coordinated and effective” measures to contain NATO following the decisions taken at the Washington summit that “threaten the security” of Russia, referring above all to the support received by Ukraine and the future deployment of long-range missiles in Germany.

“All this will require from us balanced, coordinated and effective countermeasures to counter NATO,” said Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the outcome of the alliance summit.

According to Peskov, in Washington NATO “once once more clearly confirmed its essence: it is an alliance created in an era of confrontation with the purpose of maintaining confrontation.”

“It is obvious that the Alliance is pursuing one of its main goals: to crush Russia, to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia,” the spokesman said.

This, he added, forces Russia to “very deeply analyze the decisions taken and the debates that took place, and to very carefully analyze the text of the (NATO) declaration.”

“This is a very serious threat to the national security of our country,” Peskov said.