The State Duma appreciated the US statement on NATO's reluctance to conflict with Russia

According to Balbek, NATO is "trying to play the good and evil cop" and at the moment the alliance "shows open hands and demonstrates peace."

According to the deputy, the organization may expect that Moscow "will react to this proposal more favorably."

“Then it will be possible to talk about some problematic issues, because everyone ... perfectly understands that threatening Russia with military force ... is useless - you can only negotiate with Moscow,” Balbek said.

Earlier, O'Brien said that the West "does not want to conflict with Russia and does not want a war with it."