(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 14 - The expansion of NATO towards the east "is infinite and very dangerous".
This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, quoted by TASS, in a meeting with Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov on the counter-responses to the US and the Atlantic Alliance regarding the security guarantees requested by Moscow.
Putin said this expansion comes "at the expense of the former Soviet republics, including Ukraine".
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