The supporting element of the security architecture is a return to the configuration of the allied forces at the time of the signing of the Russia-NATO Act (1997), - Ushkov.
"After 1997, 16 countries joined NATO:
1999: Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic.
2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.
2009: Albania, Croatia.
2017: Montenegro.
2020: North Macedonia.
2023: Finland.
2024: Sweden.
All these countries must be expelled from NATO, otherwise Putin threatens war with Europe itself.
This is a return to the Kremlin's December 2021 ultimatum. Russia then demanded that NATO expansion be halted and the alliance's military presence be limited in Eastern European countries.
Now Putin has raised these issues again with White House officials.
In other words, we are no longer just talking about the war in Ukraine.
Ushakov said that Moscow is ready to immediately start negotiations with the US on a new European security architecture.
enemy reports.