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Now playing Next Russia NATO blast and four other takeaways from Putin's annual speech Putin stressed that Moscow "made it clear that any further NATO movement to the east is unacceptable". 23/12/2021
Now playing Next Russia Russia says security talks with US, NATO to start next month Russia in January will start talks with the US and NATO to discuss a number of demands including that NATO deny membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries, Russia's top diplomat said. 22/12/2021
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Now playing Next Russia Moscow demands NATO pulls back as tensions mount over Ukraine Moscow wants NATO to pledge that former Soviet states will never join the bloc and that its forces will pull back from Russia's borders. 18/12/2021
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Now playing Next Russia Russia sets out tough demands for security pact with NATO Russia published draft security demands that NATO deny membership to Ukraine and that the alliance roll back military deployments. 17/12/2021
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