Russia sees plan behind NATO maneuvers: diplomat attacks Germany. This time Moscow made harsh accusations against Germany, Poland and the Netherlands.
Konstantin Gavrilov, the head of the Russian delegation to the negotiations in Vienna on military security and arms control, railed against the West. He accused NATO of looking for a pretext to establish a permanent military corridor at the strategically sensitive Suwalki Gap on the border between Poland and Lithuania. The narrow section of land is considered NATO's Achilles heel in the event of a military confrontation with Russia.