Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would respond to aggressive NATO rhetoric, during his address at the Duma. Putin warned that Russia will take adequate measures to counter NATO’s aggressive talk. He called for the creation of an international security system open to all countries. ‘Russia is ready to discuss this extremely important issue,’ he said, adding that such proposals have been so far left unanswered by Western countries. ‘But again, as it was at the beginning of WWII, we don’t see any positive response,” he continued.’ On the contrary, NATO ups its aggressive rhetoric and aggressive actions near our borders.’
‘In this environment, we must pay special attention to strengthening our country’s defense capabilities,’ he concluded. Putin’s keynote address comes amid NATO’s build-up in Eastern Europe. After Crimea’s re-unification with Russia in 2014, the bloc started deployment of troops, equipment and infrastructure to Poland and Baltic countries, arguing that it would protect the region from alleged ‘Russian aggression.’
At the upcoming Warsaw summit in July, NATO leaders are expected to green-light deployment of four battalions of up to 800 troops in each unit to the Baltic States and Poland, along with intensifying the scale and pace of multinational military exercises. Recent live-fire drills, Anakonda 2016, Saber Strike and BALTOPS, involved thousands of troops and hundreds of combat vehicles to simulate large-scale operations in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Source: RT