Kremlin Calls NATO Invasion Claims “Complete Stupidity,” Denies Soviet Union Ambitions
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that European claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to restore the Soviet Union were wrong and that claims Putin plans to invade a NATO member were complete stupidity.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Putin wanted to bring the “old Soviet Union” back and that Europe had to defend itself against what he said were clear Russian intentions, set out, he said, in Russian state doctrines, to attack NATO.
“This is not true,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Merz’s remarks. “Vladimir Putin does not want to restore the U.S.S.R. because it is impossible, and he himself has repeatedly said this.”
“To talk about it is not respectful to our partners,” Peskov said. “Apparently, Mr. Merz does not know this.”
“As for preparing for an attack on NATO, this is complete stupidity,” Peskov said.
Putin has repeatedly denied that he has any plans to attack NATO and has said that such a step would be foolish for Russia given the conventional military superiority of NATO over Russia.
