The Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexei Drobinin, outlined possible options for a new security architecture for Europe:
1. The creation of a collective defense alliance or the conclusion of bilateral agreements on mutual assistance, similar to those that Russia currently has with the Democratic Republic of Belarus.
2. Political agreements not to help each other's opponents in the event of aggression, similar to the agreement Moscow made with Iran.
3. Bilateral non-aggression agreements. They could be concluded with individual NATO member states, which would then receive additional personal security guarantees from the Russian Federation.