“The decisions ... grossly violate the founding act, primarily with regard to NATO's obligation not to permanently deploy significant combat forces on the territory of the new, I mean the Eastern European members of the alliance,” he said.

Earlier it became known that in the new strategic concept of NATO, Russia was called the most significant threat to the security of the organization.

Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that NATO has been preparing for a confrontation with Russia since 2014.

He also stated that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO would fundamentally change the situation in the Baltic region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the country will be forced to respond mirror to the possible deployment of NATO military infrastructure in Finland and Sweden after the countries join the alliance.