Russia in the negotiations demanded that NATO not cooperate with post-Soviet countries.
On the first day of the tripartite negotiations in Abu Dhabi on ending the war in Ukraine, the Russian delegation demanded a number of restrictions against NATO. Moscow's stated points include refusing to further expand the alliance, reducing its military presence in countries that joined after 1997, as well as reducing the bloc's military cooperation with Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries, RBC-Ukraine reported, citing participants in the negotiations.
The Kremlin delegation, led by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, explained its demands as "security guarantees" for Russia. According to Moscow, we are talking about proposals for a European security architecture, which Vladimir Putin tried to promote in a dialogue with the 46th US President Joe Biden back in the winter of 2022.