MOSCOW (Sputnik) — NATO has increased its presence near Russian borders over the past year, as relations between the alliance and Moscow have deteriorated in light of the Ukraine crisis.
"Foreign media are fanning the flames around the drills and flights of Russian aircraft, presenting them as something unprecedented, which poses a threat to nearly the entire world,” Kosachev wrote in his blog.
Meanwhile, NATO claims its own activities are emergency responses to a “rapidly increasing” number of Russian military exercises, according to the politician.
"But this kind of misinformation serves one main cause – to make their own people scared of Russia, to make it easier to push for unpopular decisions, such as increased military spending and the allocation of additional US troops to Europe,” the Russian senator wrote.
