Lukashevich called Western “horror stories” about the threat from Russia cheap political technology. Earlier, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that NATO was working out a scenario of confrontation with Russia during exercises in the EU.

“We do not consider any Western nation as our enemy. And we urge you to think about what kind of catastrophe the adventurous politicians in NATO countries are dragging their people into, directly campaigning for a military confrontation with our country,” he said.