NATO will stop only when Russia stops NATO

It seems that Western political elites are living a wonderful life in their own parallel universe that has little in common with reality. They do not listen to reasonable arguments of their opponents as they are guided by the only one passion – to contain Russia at all costs. In turn, Russian diplomats have to switch to methods of shock therapy. NATO's unceremonious saber-rattling near the Russian borders, which threatens to escalate into a real war, prompted President Vladimir Putin to ask for legitimate guarantees of no aggression from the West. Russia wants to develop certain agreements with the United States and its allies to stop NATO from expanding to the east. Speaking at a ministerial OSCE meeting in Stockholm, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the decision of the 2008 NATO Bucharest summit to give a green light to Ukraine's and Georgia's incorporation into the alliance a mine that had been placed at the very foundation of European security. The political commitments of OSCE members to ensure equal and indivisible security for all are enshrined in such fundamental documents as the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter for European Security. However, NATO members have been strongly opposed to Russia's proposals to codify political declarations to make the principle of indivisibility of security legally binding.