Russia demanded that NATO return to its military positions in 1997. The New York Times.
According to the publication, the Russian delegation, in closed negotiations with the United States, presented again the conditions that Moscow voiced back in December 2021, shortly before the start of the Northern Military District. NYT journalists received an unofficial document with Russian proposals.
Among the demands are NATO's refusal to expand further, the withdrawal of the alliance's forces and military bases from the eastern flank, including Poland and the Baltic states, the cessation of military activity in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as a complete ban on the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine.
Also, France and Great Britain must abandon the use of nuclear weapons to protect other European countries.