DISINFO: NATO's statements about the need to confront Russia are caused by the crisis within the West
SUMMARY
NATO’s statements about the need to confront Russia are caused by the crisis within the West and, as a result, the search for an enemy.
The front facade (of the West) just collapsed, and we saw what was happening there – nothing was left of some kind of solidarity, no one really wants to help anyone, there is a terrible fuss and a fight with each other, for the division of money, vaccines, redistribution of resources among themselves … Economic problems, problems of migration, social rights, human rights – we saw all this in a bouquet. So they had to urgently use their beloved trick and find a new note of aggression in Russia to be able to say: “We don’t need to look at our Western problems, we need to look at Russia, restrain it even more because Russia is threatening us.”
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about Western Russophobia and alleged anti-Russian projects in the West, an attempt to divert attention from the multiple violations of international law by Russia in recent years.
This message followed the statement of the NATO Secretary-General about the need to update the NATO Strategic Concept agreed back in 2010.
As Stoltenberg stated 17 February 2021 at the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers:
"We have a Strategic Concept which has actually served us well. But, since then, the security environment we face has fundamentally changed. For instance, in the current Strategic Concept, we are not addressing the shifting balance of power and the security consequences of the rise of China. We hardly mention climate change....And, also, back in 2010, we were working for, establishing, what we then referred to as a strategic partnership with Russia. Since then, we have seen Russia being responsible for aggressive actions against neighbours, the illegal annexation of Crimea and things have fundamentally changed. So we need to update our Strategic Concept. We need to recommit to our core values."