“As for NATO, this is a military bloc.
Unfortunately, the NATO bloc is clearly leading a confrontational line with respect to Russia, the last questions seem to be of a technical nature, nevertheless, the expulsion of our diplomats, which ultimately led to the fact that we closed the corresponding NATO structure in Moscow, suggests that the structure is disposed towards us, to put it mildly, unfriendly.
In addition, he declares Russia his adversary, ”Putin said at a press conference after talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Sochi.
The President also noted that the expansion of NATO to the east at the expense of Ukraine is one of the most important issues of Russia's security in the strategic perspective.