Member of the European Parliament Kotarak recalled the violation of international law by NATO

“Despite what Western media say, the first to throw all the principles of international law into the basket were the NATO members themselves.

In Serbia, when they decided to attack, even despite the opinion of the Security Council, ”Izvestia quotes him as saying.

Kotarak also recalled the US and its allies' invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed concern that NATO would use the situation in Ukraine to draw new states into its ranks.

Deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Grushko said that the issues arising between Russia and NATO must be resolved by political rather than military measures.