Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking of the "red lines" in the security sphere, said that Moscow was "pinned" to these lines and had nowhere else to retreat.

“I want everyone to understand, both in our country and abroad, our partners understood that it’s not even the line that we don’t want anyone to cross. The fact is that we have nowhere to go. They pushed us so closely to such a line, sorry for bad manners, that we have nowhere to move on, "he said in an interview with the host of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin ”to Pavel Zarubin on the Russia 1 TV channel.

According to Putin, this was also related to the publicizing of Russia's proposals for security guarantees.

“Yes, this may not be the usual way to conduct a discussion. But we have fears that, as I have already said here, that any of our proposals will be used in order to fill it with destructive work of creating threats for us on our neighboring countries, on their territory, ”explained the head of state ...

On December 15, the Russian Foreign Ministry handed over to the American side drafts of an agreement between Russia and the United States on security guarantees and an agreement on measures to ensure the security of the Russian Federation and the NATO member states. The document, in particular, states that the United States should not create military bases in the territories of the former USSR countries that are not NATO members. The United States should also not use its infrastructure for any military activity and develop bilateral military cooperation with it. NATO countries, according to the document, must refuse to conduct any military activity on the territory of Ukraine, as well as other states of Eastern Europe, Transcaucasia and Central Asia.

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