Alexander Fomin announced : "a decision was made to drastically, in several times, reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kiev and Chernigov"

irishsun Thursday, March 31, 2022 1:50:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

news-yahoo Thursday, March 31, 2022 12:56:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has taken the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas in order to boost mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and for the signing of the aforementioned agreement"

themirror Wednesday, March 30, 2022 7:18:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions,"

globalsecurity Wednesday, March 30, 2022 12:42:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “a decision was made to drastically, in several times, reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kyiv and Chernihiv” “We expect that relevant key decisions will be taken in Kyiv and the conditions for further normal work will be created,”

mehrnews-en Wednesday, March 30, 2022 11:02:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “to increase mutual trust and to create the necessary conditions for the further development of negotiations and the achievement of the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing the agreement,”

mehrnews-en Wednesday, March 30, 2022 11:02:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

bordermail Wednesday, March 30, 2022 11:01:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin informed : "The decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

dnaindia Wednesday, March 30, 2022 10:55:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,”

dailycaller Wednesday, March 30, 2022 3:25:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin disse : "Tomámos a decisão de reduzir drasticamente a atividade militar na direção de Kiev e Chernihiv. Esperamos agora que o governo ucraniano tome decisões correspondentes e que sejam criadas as tradições para um futuro trabalho normal"

euronews-pt Wednesday, March 30, 2022 2:57:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin déclaré ( about la Defense ) : "Pour favoriser la confiance mutuelle et obtenir à terme un accord global, le ministre de la Défense a décidé de réduire drastiquement l'activité militaire en direction de Kiev et de Tchernihiv"

francetvinfo Wednesday, March 30, 2022 1:04:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “increasing mutual trust, creating the right conditions for future negotiations and reaching the final aim of signing a peace deal with Ukraine,”

greekreporter Wednesday, March 30, 2022 12:23:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

yahoo-au Tuesday, March 29, 2022 11:31:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin disse : “No sentido de fortalecer a confiança mútua e criar condições necessárias para negociações futuras e alcançar o objetivo final de assinar um acordo, tomamos a decisão de reduzir radicalmente e por uma ampla margem as atividades militares nas direções de Kiev e Chernihiv”

noticias-r7 Tuesday, March 29, 2022 7:41:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Given that the talks on the preparation of an agreement on the neutrality and non-nuclear status of Ukraine have moved into a practical field... a decision has been made to radically... reduce the military activity in the areas of Kyiv and Chernigiv"

express Tuesday, March 29, 2022 7:19:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “increasing mutual trust, creating the right conditions for future negotiations and reaching the final aim of signing a peace deal with Ukraine”

guardian Tuesday, March 29, 2022 7:01:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : “In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,”

theepochtimes Tuesday, March 29, 2022 6:30:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin afirmou : "Devido ao fato de que as conversas sobre a preparação de um acordo sobre a neutralidade e o status não-nuclear da Ucrânia tenham progredido para campo da prática [...] foi tomada a decisão de reduzir radicalmente, em diversas vezes, as atividades militares nas regiões de Kiev, Kharkiv e Chernigov"

noticias-terra-br Tuesday, March 29, 2022 5:53:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “a decision was made to drastically reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kiev and Chernihiv”

news-yahoo Tuesday, March 29, 2022 5:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin disse ( about Defesa da ) : “Devido ao fato de que as negociações sobre a preparação de um acordo sobre a neutralidade e o status não nuclear da Ucrânia, bem como sobre o fornecimento de garantias de segurança à Ucrânia, entram em prática, considerando os princípios discutidos durante a reunião de hoje, pelo ministério da Defesa da Federação Russa, de modo a aumentar a confiança mútua e criar as condições necessárias para novas negociações e alcançar o objetivo final de concordar com a assinatura do acordo acima mencionado, foi tomada a decisão de, por vezes, reduzir radicalmente a atividade militar na direção de Kiev e Chernihiv”

diarioeconomico Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:39:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

dw-en Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:12:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “a decision was made to drastically, in several times, reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kiev and Chernigov” “We expect that relevant key decisions will be taken in Kiev and the conditions for further normal work will be created,”

almanar-en Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:11:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Due to the fact that negotiations on the preparation of an agreement on the neutrality and non-nuclear status of Ukraine, as well as on the provision of security guarantees to Ukraine, are moving into practice, taking into account the principles discussed during today’s meeting, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing on the signing of the above agreement, a decision was made to radically, at times, reduce military activity in the Kiev [Kyiv] and Chernigov [Chernihiv]direction,”

kiro7 Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:04:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

deutschewelle-en Tuesday, March 29, 2022 3:59:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has taken the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas in order to boost mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and for the signing of the aforementioned agreement"

themirror Tuesday, March 29, 2022 3:58:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "You all carried out the orders assigned to you, you all gave one hundred percent,"

thesun Monday, March 28, 2022 12:14:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "You all carried out the orders assigned to you, you all gave one hundred percent,"

thesun Sunday, March 27, 2022 11:59:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

arkansasonline Wednesday, January 19, 2022 2:43:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

coventrytelegraph Wednesday, January 19, 2022 11:46:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

theage Wednesday, January 19, 2022 1:10:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

brisbanetimes Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:59:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

smh Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:59:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

theherald-au Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:58:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

watoday Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:50:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

wftv Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:00:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

HindustanTimes Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

startribune Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11:29:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin indicou : “Pode surgir uma situação em que as forças e meios de grupos ou forças regionais seja insuficiente para garantir uma sólida segurança da Federação [da Rússia], e devemos estar preparados para a reforçar”

24-sapo Tuesday, January 18, 2022 9:38:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin indicou : "Pode surgir uma situação em que as forças e meios de grupos ou forças regionais seja insuficiente para garantir uma sólida segurança da Federação [da Rússia], e devemos estar preparados para a reforçar"

tsfPT Tuesday, January 18, 2022 9:02:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin indicou : “Pode surgir uma situação em que as forças e meios de grupos ou forças regionais seja insuficiente para garantir uma sólida segurança da Federação [da Rússia], e devemos estar preparados para a reforçar”

24-sapo Tuesday, January 18, 2022 8:03:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

siouxcityjournal Tuesday, January 18, 2022 6:49:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

actionnewsjax Tuesday, January 18, 2022 6:06:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

ABCnews Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:55:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Last year, we conducted the Zapad 2021 exercise. It confirmed the high combat readiness of the group,”

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when the forces and means of the regional group will not be enough to ensure the security of the Union State, and we must be ready to reinforce it. We have agreed that we will make use of the entire defense capacity of the Union State,”

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The combat readiness inspection of the Union State's response forces will envisage activities to prepare troops and forces to act not only within their areas of responsibility, but also to deal with immediate tasks to localize crisis situations in any sensitive directions,”

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Within the framework of testing the single air defense system of the Union State, Russia will redeploy twelve Sukhoi-35 jets and two battalions of the air defense system S-400, as well as a missile and artillery battalion Pantsir-S to Belarus,"

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The joint exercise Allied Resolve 2022 will be held at the second stage of the inspection, from 10 to 20 February. The purpose of the exercise is to practice suppressing and repelling external aggression in the course of a defensive operation, countering terrorism and protecting the interests of the Union State,"

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "As part of checking the functioning of the unified air defense system of the Union State, 12 Su-35s will be relocated to Belarusian territory, two divisions of the S-400 missile defense system, as well as the Pantsir-S missile and gun system battalion,"

irishsun Tuesday, January 18, 2022 4:17:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Within the framework of testing the functioning of the single air defense system of the Union State twelve Sukhoi-35 planes and two battalions of the air defense system S-400, as well as a missile and artillery battalion Pantsir-S will be redeployed to Belarus,"

itartass_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 3:42:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "A situation may emerge when the regional group’s forces and capabilities are not sufficient for reliably ensuring the Union State’s security and we must be ready for its reinforcement. An agreement has been reached jointly with the Belarusian side that it will be necessary to engage the State’s entire military potential for joint defense,"

itartass_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "The presidents of Russia and Belarus agreed to hold this exercise back last December. The presidents made a decision to carry out an early check of the troops’ readiness for maintaining military security and to practice various scenarios of joint operations to neutralize threats and destabilization risks on the border of the Union State,"

itartass_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Last year there was the Zapad-2021 exercise. It confirmed the group’s high combat readiness,"

itartass_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin stated : "Russia-NATO relations have reached a critically low level"

itartass_en Thursday, January 13, 2022 3:54:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "This is happening against the backdrop of global instability, the terrorist threat, the deployment of another arms race, as well as the complete degradation of the security architecture in Europe,"

itartass_en Thursday, January 13, 2022 12:47:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,”

aawsat Wednesday, December 29, 2021 6:06:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “For instance, in 2009, it turned down Russia’s proposal to sign a new comprehensive agreement on mutual security guarantees amid a chill in bilateral relations following the developments in Georgia in 2008,” “One of these proposals was to maintain high-level contacts. However, talks held in the period from 2016 to 2021 demonstrated that the alliance is not ready for substantive talks and is seeking to avoid concrete de-escalation solutions, and therefore it is turning down all Russian initiatives”

rt Wednesday, December 29, 2021 5:23:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin stated : “The military development of the bloc has been redirected in full to prepare for a large-scale, high-intensity armed conflict with Russia,”

rt Wednesday, December 29, 2021 5:23:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin noted : “as the main source of threats to coalition security,”

rt Wednesday, December 29, 2021 5:23:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "For instance, in 2009, it turned down Russia's proposal to sign a new comprehensive agreement on mutual security guarantees amid a chill in bilateral relations following the developments in Georgia in 2008," "One of these proposals was to maintain high-level contacts. However, talks held in the period from 2016 to 2021 demonstrated that the alliance is not ready for substantive talks and is seeking to avoid concrete de-escalation solutions, and therefore it is turning down all Russian initiatives"

irishsun Wednesday, December 29, 2021 10:57:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “From January to December of this year, 30 calls of NATO ships were made, in 2020 there were 23 of them. The total duration of stay was more than 400 days, in 2020 – 359,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “In 1999, a military operation which was not approved by the United Nations was carried out in Yugoslavia. The bombing of Belgrade killed innocent civilians, and the country’s economy was disrupted. The disintegration of Yugoslavia led to a new round expansion of the bloc and the incorporation of Albania, Croatia and Montenegro, and after that Northern Macedonia,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “For example, the minimum flight time from air bases in Estonia to St. Petersburg has been reduced to several minutes. Most of Kaliningrad region is within striking range of artillery systems alone….A significant number of pieces of infrastructure have been transferred to NATO’s disposal, expanding the possibility for the deployment and transfer of troops,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The current deplorable state of relations between Russia and NATO can be explained by the fact that the alliance has often resorted to using hybrid methods to contain Russia, combining dialogue with a build-up of military preparations,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “After the end of the Cold War, the Russian Federation has repeatedly made attempts to find new forms of engagement with NATO, to create a stable, equal system of European security for all,” “It would be wrong to believe that the deterioration of Russia-NATO relations began in 2014”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance’s continuation of a confrontational course towards our country forces us to rigidly put before NATO the issue of legally binding security guarantees for Russia, which would exclude any further advances of the bloc to the east and deployment of threatening weapons systems in the immediate vicinity of our borders,”

almanar-en Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:33:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The strengthening of NATO didn’t go without leaving a mark on Europe’s security,”

almanar-en Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:33:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Moscow believed these statements, although it froze engagement with NATO in 1999 in connection with the military solution of the crisis in Yugoslavia,”

almanar-en Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:33:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,"

arkansasonline Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:23:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,"

nzherald Tuesday, December 28, 2021 11:39:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The alliance's continuation of a confrontational course towards our country forces us to rigidly put before NATO the issue of legally binding security guarantees for Russia, which would exclude any further advance of the bloc to the east and the deployment of threatening weapons systems in the immediate vicinity of our borders,"

aa-en Tuesday, December 28, 2021 4:03:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The alliance has recently switched to the practice of direct provocations accompanied by the high risk of turning into armed confrontation,"

news-yahoo Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:29:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin stated : "The military development of the bloc has been redirected in full to prepare for a large-scale, high-intensity armed conflict with Russia,"

irishsun Monday, December 27, 2021 11:00:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin noted : "as the main source of threats to coalition security,"

irishsun Monday, December 27, 2021 11:00:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,”

belfasttelegraph Monday, December 27, 2021 10:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The signing of the Rome Declaration does not at all mean that all the earlier commitments have be-en fulfilled by the alliance,”

TheFrontierPost-en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Moreover, the Air For-ces of the Eastern European countries that have joined the alliance began to be involved in the training. The number of countries participating in the exercise increased from six to nine, and the number of aircraft carriers involved from 20 to 50 units,”

TheFrontierPost-en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Despite the proposals we sent to the alliance on joint provision of anti-missile cover in Europe, the United States began to deploy missile defense areas in Poland and Romania. The Alliance refused to provide legally binding guarantees that these complexes will not be directed against Russia,”

TheFrontierPost-en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “This fully confirms the Russian argumentation about the strike potential of the aforementioned missile defense system,”

TheFrontierPost-en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "One of these proposals was to maintain high-level contacts. However, talks held in a period from 2016 to 2021 demonstrated that the alliance is not ready for substantive talks between the military and is seeking to avoid concrete de-escalation solutions, and hence, is turning down all Russian initiatives,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:22:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Moscow believed these statements, although it froze engagement with NATO in 1999 in connection with the military solution of the crisis in Yugoslavia,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:57:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The strengthening of NATO didn’t go without leaving a mark on Europe’s security,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:57:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "In 1999, an unauthorized UN military operation was carried out against Yugoslavia," "As a result of the bombing of Belgrade, innocent civilians were killed, and the country's economy was disrupted"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:57:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,”

independent-UK Monday, December 27, 2021 8:47:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,”

clickondetroit Monday, December 27, 2021 8:28:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "Lately, the alliance opted for direct provocations, fraught with a great risk of developing into an armed standoff,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said ( about British ) : "It is significant that the US strategic reconnaissance plane RC-135 provided support for the British naval ship,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "In January through December this year, NATO’s ships have made 30 visits to the region, in contrast to 23 in 2020. The overall duration of their presence reached 400 days, in contrast to 359 in 2020,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The deployment of such missiles in Europe is unlikely to give NATO greater security,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin pointed out : "without any subtlety, as the main source of threats to alliance security."

rian-en Monday, December 27, 2021 7:52:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The Russian side reaffirmed its readiness to build up cooperation in all areas and at various levels which at that time seemed important from the point of view of European security. There were no challenges facing the alliance which required expansion, although after the reunification of Germany in 1990, the entire united country, including the former GDR, became a member of the alliance. Thus, the first step toward expansion was made. Later, new waves of NATO enlargement followed,"

rian-en Monday, December 27, 2021 7:52:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The current deplorable state of relations between Russia and NATO can be explained by the fact that the alliance has often resorted to using hybrid methods to contain Russia, combining dialogue with a build-up of military preparations,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 7:13:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "After the end of the Cold War, the Russian Federation has repeatedly made attempts to find new forms of engagement with NATO, to create a stable, equal system of European security for all," "It would be wrong to believe that the deterioration of Russia-NATO relations began in 2014"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 7:13:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The Minister of Defense noted at the meeting that the military-political situation in Europe is degrading. The build-up of NATO’s military presence near the Russian borders continues. At the same time, he pointed out that Russian initiatives aimed at increasing predictability and reducing the risk of incidents remain in force, ”

foreignaffairs-nz Saturday, November 13, 2021 1:56:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The Minister of Defense noted at the meeting that the military-political situation in Europe is degrading. NATO’s military presence continues to build up near the Russian borders. He also pointed out that Russian initiatives aimed at increasing predictability and reducing the risk of incidents remain in force,”

TheFrontierPost-en Friday, November 12, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “All the set objectives of the exercise have been achieved, the educational questions have been worked out in full,”

foreignaffairs-nz Friday, October 8, 2021 7:42:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "Military attaches from the NATO countries were not invited to this phase of the exercise in retaliation, because Russian military attaches were not invited to a similar NATO exercise, Defender Europe 2021,"

itartass_en Friday, October 8, 2021 2:42:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin added ( about Alexander Fomin ) : "Russia invited the United States to prolong the New START (Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms) and simultaneously get down to joint work to draft a new agreement that would take into account all factors influencing strategic stability,” Fomin said in an interview with local daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Sunday. “In the light of the current political situation in the United States, we do not rule out that the US stance on this issue may change,"

presstv Monday, December 28, 2020 1:50:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin warned : "If our call fails to meet with support and US missiles begin to be deployed in Europe, we reserve the right to take proportionate retaliatory measures,"

presstv Monday, December 28, 2020 1:50:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin announced : "a decision was made to drastically, in several times, reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kiev and Chernigov"

irishsun Thursday, March 31, 2022 1:50:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

news-yahoo Thursday, March 31, 2022 12:56:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has taken the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas in order to boost mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and for the signing of the aforementioned agreement"

themirror Wednesday, March 30, 2022 7:18:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions,"

globalsecurity Wednesday, March 30, 2022 12:42:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “a decision was made to drastically, in several times, reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kyiv and Chernihiv” “We expect that relevant key decisions will be taken in Kyiv and the conditions for further normal work will be created,”

mehrnews-en Wednesday, March 30, 2022 11:02:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “to increase mutual trust and to create the necessary conditions for the further development of negotiations and the achievement of the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing the agreement,”

mehrnews-en Wednesday, March 30, 2022 11:02:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

bordermail Wednesday, March 30, 2022 11:01:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin informed : "The decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

dnaindia Wednesday, March 30, 2022 10:55:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,”

dailycaller Wednesday, March 30, 2022 3:25:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin disse : "Tomámos a decisão de reduzir drasticamente a atividade militar na direção de Kiev e Chernihiv. Esperamos agora que o governo ucraniano tome decisões correspondentes e que sejam criadas as tradições para um futuro trabalho normal"

euronews-pt Wednesday, March 30, 2022 2:57:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin déclaré ( about la Defense ) : "Pour favoriser la confiance mutuelle et obtenir à terme un accord global, le ministre de la Défense a décidé de réduire drastiquement l'activité militaire en direction de Kiev et de Tchernihiv"

francetvinfo Wednesday, March 30, 2022 1:04:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “increasing mutual trust, creating the right conditions for future negotiations and reaching the final aim of signing a peace deal with Ukraine,”

greekreporter Wednesday, March 30, 2022 12:23:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

yahoo-au Tuesday, March 29, 2022 11:31:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin disse : “No sentido de fortalecer a confiança mútua e criar condições necessárias para negociações futuras e alcançar o objetivo final de assinar um acordo, tomamos a decisão de reduzir radicalmente e por uma ampla margem as atividades militares nas direções de Kiev e Chernihiv”

noticias-r7 Tuesday, March 29, 2022 7:41:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Given that the talks on the preparation of an agreement on the neutrality and non-nuclear status of Ukraine have moved into a practical field... a decision has been made to radically... reduce the military activity in the areas of Kyiv and Chernigiv"

express Tuesday, March 29, 2022 7:19:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “increasing mutual trust, creating the right conditions for future negotiations and reaching the final aim of signing a peace deal with Ukraine”

guardian Tuesday, March 29, 2022 7:01:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : “In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,”

theepochtimes Tuesday, March 29, 2022 6:30:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin afirmou : "Devido ao fato de que as conversas sobre a preparação de um acordo sobre a neutralidade e o status não-nuclear da Ucrânia tenham progredido para campo da prática [...] foi tomada a decisão de reduzir radicalmente, em diversas vezes, as atividades militares nas regiões de Kiev, Kharkiv e Chernigov"

noticias-terra-br Tuesday, March 29, 2022 5:53:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “a decision was made to drastically reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kiev and Chernihiv”

news-yahoo Tuesday, March 29, 2022 5:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin disse ( about Defesa da ) : “Devido ao fato de que as negociações sobre a preparação de um acordo sobre a neutralidade e o status não nuclear da Ucrânia, bem como sobre o fornecimento de garantias de segurança à Ucrânia, entram em prática, considerando os princípios discutidos durante a reunião de hoje, pelo ministério da Defesa da Federação Russa, de modo a aumentar a confiança mútua e criar as condições necessárias para novas negociações e alcançar o objetivo final de concordar com a assinatura do acordo acima mencionado, foi tomada a decisão de, por vezes, reduzir radicalmente a atividade militar na direção de Kiev e Chernihiv”

diarioeconomico Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:39:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

dw-en Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:12:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “a decision was made to drastically, in several times, reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kiev and Chernigov” “We expect that relevant key decisions will be taken in Kiev and the conditions for further normal work will be created,”

almanar-en Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:11:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Due to the fact that negotiations on the preparation of an agreement on the neutrality and non-nuclear status of Ukraine, as well as on the provision of security guarantees to Ukraine, are moving into practice, taking into account the principles discussed during today’s meeting, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing on the signing of the above agreement, a decision was made to radically, at times, reduce military activity in the Kiev [Kyiv] and Chernigov [Chernihiv]direction,”

kiro7 Tuesday, March 29, 2022 4:04:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions,"

deutschewelle-en Tuesday, March 29, 2022 3:59:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has taken the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas in order to boost mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and for the signing of the aforementioned agreement"

themirror Tuesday, March 29, 2022 3:58:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "You all carried out the orders assigned to you, you all gave one hundred percent,"

thesun Monday, March 28, 2022 12:14:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "You all carried out the orders assigned to you, you all gave one hundred percent,"

thesun Sunday, March 27, 2022 11:59:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

arkansasonline Wednesday, January 19, 2022 2:43:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

coventrytelegraph Wednesday, January 19, 2022 11:46:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

theage Wednesday, January 19, 2022 1:10:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

brisbanetimes Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:59:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

smh Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:59:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

theherald-au Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:58:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,”

watoday Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:50:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

wftv Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:00:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

HindustanTimes Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

startribune Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11:29:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin indicou : “Pode surgir uma situação em que as forças e meios de grupos ou forças regionais seja insuficiente para garantir uma sólida segurança da Federação [da Rússia], e devemos estar preparados para a reforçar”

24-sapo Tuesday, January 18, 2022 9:38:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin indicou : "Pode surgir uma situação em que as forças e meios de grupos ou forças regionais seja insuficiente para garantir uma sólida segurança da Federação [da Rússia], e devemos estar preparados para a reforçar"

tsfPT Tuesday, January 18, 2022 9:02:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin indicou : “Pode surgir uma situação em que as forças e meios de grupos ou forças regionais seja insuficiente para garantir uma sólida segurança da Federação [da Rússia], e devemos estar preparados para a reforçar”

24-sapo Tuesday, January 18, 2022 8:03:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

siouxcityjournal Tuesday, January 18, 2022 6:49:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

actionnewsjax Tuesday, January 18, 2022 6:06:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "A situation may arise when forces and means of the regional group of forces will be insufficient to ensure reliable security of the union state, and we must be ready to strengthen it,"

ABCnews Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:55:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Last year, we conducted the Zapad 2021 exercise. It confirmed the high combat readiness of the group,”

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “A situation may arise when the forces and means of the regional group will not be enough to ensure the security of the Union State, and we must be ready to reinforce it. We have agreed that we will make use of the entire defense capacity of the Union State,”

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The combat readiness inspection of the Union State's response forces will envisage activities to prepare troops and forces to act not only within their areas of responsibility, but also to deal with immediate tasks to localize crisis situations in any sensitive directions,”

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Within the framework of testing the single air defense system of the Union State, Russia will redeploy twelve Sukhoi-35 jets and two battalions of the air defense system S-400, as well as a missile and artillery battalion Pantsir-S to Belarus,"

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The joint exercise Allied Resolve 2022 will be held at the second stage of the inspection, from 10 to 20 February. The purpose of the exercise is to practice suppressing and repelling external aggression in the course of a defensive operation, countering terrorism and protecting the interests of the Union State,"

Belta_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5:07:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "As part of checking the functioning of the unified air defense system of the Union State, 12 Su-35s will be relocated to Belarusian territory, two divisions of the S-400 missile defense system, as well as the Pantsir-S missile and gun system battalion,"

irishsun Tuesday, January 18, 2022 4:17:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Within the framework of testing the functioning of the single air defense system of the Union State twelve Sukhoi-35 planes and two battalions of the air defense system S-400, as well as a missile and artillery battalion Pantsir-S will be redeployed to Belarus,"

itartass_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 3:42:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "A situation may emerge when the regional group’s forces and capabilities are not sufficient for reliably ensuring the Union State’s security and we must be ready for its reinforcement. An agreement has been reached jointly with the Belarusian side that it will be necessary to engage the State’s entire military potential for joint defense,"

itartass_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "The presidents of Russia and Belarus agreed to hold this exercise back last December. The presidents made a decision to carry out an early check of the troops’ readiness for maintaining military security and to practice various scenarios of joint operations to neutralize threats and destabilization risks on the border of the Union State,"

itartass_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Last year there was the Zapad-2021 exercise. It confirmed the group’s high combat readiness,"

itartass_en Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin stated : "Russia-NATO relations have reached a critically low level"

itartass_en Thursday, January 13, 2022 3:54:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "This is happening against the backdrop of global instability, the terrorist threat, the deployment of another arms race, as well as the complete degradation of the security architecture in Europe,"

itartass_en Thursday, January 13, 2022 12:47:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,”

aawsat Wednesday, December 29, 2021 6:06:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “For instance, in 2009, it turned down Russia’s proposal to sign a new comprehensive agreement on mutual security guarantees amid a chill in bilateral relations following the developments in Georgia in 2008,” “One of these proposals was to maintain high-level contacts. However, talks held in the period from 2016 to 2021 demonstrated that the alliance is not ready for substantive talks and is seeking to avoid concrete de-escalation solutions, and therefore it is turning down all Russian initiatives”

rt Wednesday, December 29, 2021 5:23:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin stated : “The military development of the bloc has been redirected in full to prepare for a large-scale, high-intensity armed conflict with Russia,”

rt Wednesday, December 29, 2021 5:23:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin noted : “as the main source of threats to coalition security,”

rt Wednesday, December 29, 2021 5:23:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "For instance, in 2009, it turned down Russia's proposal to sign a new comprehensive agreement on mutual security guarantees amid a chill in bilateral relations following the developments in Georgia in 2008," "One of these proposals was to maintain high-level contacts. However, talks held in the period from 2016 to 2021 demonstrated that the alliance is not ready for substantive talks and is seeking to avoid concrete de-escalation solutions, and therefore it is turning down all Russian initiatives"

irishsun Wednesday, December 29, 2021 10:57:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “From January to December of this year, 30 calls of NATO ships were made, in 2020 there were 23 of them. The total duration of stay was more than 400 days, in 2020 – 359,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “In 1999, a military operation which was not approved by the United Nations was carried out in Yugoslavia. The bombing of Belgrade killed innocent civilians, and the country’s economy was disrupted. The disintegration of Yugoslavia led to a new round expansion of the bloc and the incorporation of Albania, Croatia and Montenegro, and after that Northern Macedonia,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “For example, the minimum flight time from air bases in Estonia to St. Petersburg has been reduced to several minutes. Most of Kaliningrad region is within striking range of artillery systems alone….A significant number of pieces of infrastructure have been transferred to NATO’s disposal, expanding the possibility for the deployment and transfer of troops,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The current deplorable state of relations between Russia and NATO can be explained by the fact that the alliance has often resorted to using hybrid methods to contain Russia, combining dialogue with a build-up of military preparations,”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “After the end of the Cold War, the Russian Federation has repeatedly made attempts to find new forms of engagement with NATO, to create a stable, equal system of European security for all,” “It would be wrong to believe that the deterioration of Russia-NATO relations began in 2014”

globalresearch Tuesday, December 28, 2021 10:56:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance’s continuation of a confrontational course towards our country forces us to rigidly put before NATO the issue of legally binding security guarantees for Russia, which would exclude any further advances of the bloc to the east and deployment of threatening weapons systems in the immediate vicinity of our borders,”

almanar-en Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:33:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The strengthening of NATO didn’t go without leaving a mark on Europe’s security,”

almanar-en Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:33:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Moscow believed these statements, although it froze engagement with NATO in 1999 in connection with the military solution of the crisis in Yugoslavia,”

almanar-en Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:33:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,"

arkansasonline Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:23:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,"

nzherald Tuesday, December 28, 2021 11:39:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The alliance's continuation of a confrontational course towards our country forces us to rigidly put before NATO the issue of legally binding security guarantees for Russia, which would exclude any further advance of the bloc to the east and the deployment of threatening weapons systems in the immediate vicinity of our borders,"

aa-en Tuesday, December 28, 2021 4:03:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The alliance has recently switched to the practice of direct provocations accompanied by the high risk of turning into armed confrontation,"

news-yahoo Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:29:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin stated : "The military development of the bloc has been redirected in full to prepare for a large-scale, high-intensity armed conflict with Russia,"

irishsun Monday, December 27, 2021 11:00:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin noted : "as the main source of threats to coalition security,"

irishsun Monday, December 27, 2021 11:00:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,”

belfasttelegraph Monday, December 27, 2021 10:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The signing of the Rome Declaration does not at all mean that all the earlier commitments have be-en fulfilled by the alliance,”

TheFrontierPost-en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Moreover, the Air For-ces of the Eastern European countries that have joined the alliance began to be involved in the training. The number of countries participating in the exercise increased from six to nine, and the number of aircraft carriers involved from 20 to 50 units,”

TheFrontierPost-en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “Despite the proposals we sent to the alliance on joint provision of anti-missile cover in Europe, the United States began to deploy missile defense areas in Poland and Romania. The Alliance refused to provide legally binding guarantees that these complexes will not be directed against Russia,”

TheFrontierPost-en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “This fully confirms the Russian argumentation about the strike potential of the aforementioned missile defense system,”

TheFrontierPost-en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "One of these proposals was to maintain high-level contacts. However, talks held in a period from 2016 to 2021 demonstrated that the alliance is not ready for substantive talks between the military and is seeking to avoid concrete de-escalation solutions, and hence, is turning down all Russian initiatives,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 9:22:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "Moscow believed these statements, although it froze engagement with NATO in 1999 in connection with the military solution of the crisis in Yugoslavia,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:57:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The strengthening of NATO didn’t go without leaving a mark on Europe’s security,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:57:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "In 1999, an unauthorized UN military operation was carried out against Yugoslavia," "As a result of the bombing of Belgrade, innocent civilians were killed, and the country's economy was disrupted"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:57:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,”

independent-UK Monday, December 27, 2021 8:47:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The alliance has consistently ignored Russian interests and shied away from an equitable discussion of existing problems,”

clickondetroit Monday, December 27, 2021 8:28:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "Lately, the alliance opted for direct provocations, fraught with a great risk of developing into an armed standoff,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said ( about British ) : "It is significant that the US strategic reconnaissance plane RC-135 provided support for the British naval ship,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "In January through December this year, NATO’s ships have made 30 visits to the region, in contrast to 23 in 2020. The overall duration of their presence reached 400 days, in contrast to 359 in 2020,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The deployment of such missiles in Europe is unlikely to give NATO greater security,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 8:09:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin pointed out : "without any subtlety, as the main source of threats to alliance security."

rian-en Monday, December 27, 2021 7:52:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The Russian side reaffirmed its readiness to build up cooperation in all areas and at various levels which at that time seemed important from the point of view of European security. There were no challenges facing the alliance which required expansion, although after the reunification of Germany in 1990, the entire united country, including the former GDR, became a member of the alliance. Thus, the first step toward expansion was made. Later, new waves of NATO enlargement followed,"

rian-en Monday, December 27, 2021 7:52:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "The current deplorable state of relations between Russia and NATO can be explained by the fact that the alliance has often resorted to using hybrid methods to contain Russia, combining dialogue with a build-up of military preparations,"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 7:13:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : "After the end of the Cold War, the Russian Federation has repeatedly made attempts to find new forms of engagement with NATO, to create a stable, equal system of European security for all," "It would be wrong to believe that the deterioration of Russia-NATO relations began in 2014"

itartass_en Monday, December 27, 2021 7:13:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The Minister of Defense noted at the meeting that the military-political situation in Europe is degrading. The build-up of NATO’s military presence near the Russian borders continues. At the same time, he pointed out that Russian initiatives aimed at increasing predictability and reducing the risk of incidents remain in force, ”

foreignaffairs-nz Saturday, November 13, 2021 1:56:00 AM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “The Minister of Defense noted at the meeting that the military-political situation in Europe is degrading. NATO’s military presence continues to build up near the Russian borders. He also pointed out that Russian initiatives aimed at increasing predictability and reducing the risk of incidents remain in force,”

TheFrontierPost-en Friday, November 12, 2021 9:37:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin said : “All the set objectives of the exercise have been achieved, the educational questions have been worked out in full,”

foreignaffairs-nz Friday, October 8, 2021 7:42:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin told : "Military attaches from the NATO countries were not invited to this phase of the exercise in retaliation, because Russian military attaches were not invited to a similar NATO exercise, Defender Europe 2021,"

itartass_en Friday, October 8, 2021 2:42:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin added ( about Alexander Fomin ) : "Russia invited the United States to prolong the New START (Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms) and simultaneously get down to joint work to draft a new agreement that would take into account all factors influencing strategic stability,” Fomin said in an interview with local daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Sunday. “In the light of the current political situation in the United States, we do not rule out that the US stance on this issue may change,"

presstv Monday, December 28, 2020 1:50:00 PM EAT

Alexander Fomin warned : "If our call fails to meet with support and US missiles begin to be deployed in Europe, we reserve the right to take proportionate retaliatory measures,"

presstv Monday, December 28, 2020 1:50:00 PM EAT