The idea that Russia is going to attack NATO is \u201cinconceivable,\u201d the president has said<\/p>\n
EU leaders keep repeating the \u201cnonsense mantra\u201d that Russia is going to attack NATO countries, President Vladimir Putin has said, suggesting that they should relax instead.
\nDelivering his annual address at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday, Putin called the idea \u201cinconceivable.\u201d He suggested that EU leaders were either incompetent if they truly believed it, or dishonest if they did not but still tried to convince their citizens otherwise.
\n\u201cHonestly, all I want to say is: relax, sleep well, or address your own issues,\u201d Putin said, referring to the social, economic, and financial problems within the bloc.
\nSeveral EU countries, particularly Poland and the Baltic States, have voiced fears that, if it prevails in Ukraine, Russia could attack EU and NATO members near its borders. These countries have been fueling concerns of Russian aggression, using it as a pretext to further militarize, according to Russian officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The idea that Russia is going to attack NATO is \u201cinconceivable,\u201d the president has said EU leaders keep repeating the \u201cnonsense mantra\u201d that Russia is going to attack NATO countries,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t