Secretary general of NATO: the alliance prepared for opposition with Russian Federation since 2014

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Moscow, on June 29 - newspaper "Argumenty i fakty". NATO in 2014 started preparing for opposition with Russian Federation, the secretary general of NATO Jens Stoltenberg declared, transfers information agency "ITAR-TASS". "Not that on February 24 we realized that that Russian Federation is dangerous. We prepared for it since 2014. Therefore we strengthened our military presence in the east of alliance and NATO started putting more than money in defense", - the secretary general declared. According to him, the western countries tried to carry on dialogue with Russian Federation prior to special operation in Ukraine, but in Moscow decided "to continue implementation of the plans". Earlier it was reported that leaders...