At the same time, Moscow forbade Washington from interfering where Russia was allowed to station troops on its sovereign territory. The movement of Russian forces, including along the Ukrainian border, in no way affects the fundamental interests of the United States.
The Russian letter is the Response to US written response to the security guarantees for Europe demanded by Russia. The letter to the US side includes that as well Offer new talks on security issues in Europe. Russia has again threatened military countermeasures if an agreement on security issues in Europe is not possible.
Russia’s Security Council had described the US military, with its tens of thousands of soldiers and tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, as a threat to Russia. To deter Russia, the United States had stationed its own troops there with a strength of 60,000 soldiers, 200 tanks and 150 combat aircraft. “Your main goal in Europe is to create a permanent threat to our country,” Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Mikhail Popov told the government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta.