Russia suspects a 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. A Bundeswehr combat unit is already stationed in Lithuania as part of the enhanced Forward Presence Lithuania.