Russia Demands Finland Leave NATO in Abu Dhabi Talks: Report
Russian negotiators proposed keeping occupied Ukrainian territory and limiting NATO presence in Europe, while offering concessions on Belarus and Moldova.
- On Friday, the German newspaper Bild reported that Russian negotiators presented informal proposals in Abu Dhabi demanding Finland leave NATO and banning military bases in the Baltic states.
- Russian officials seek to establish a "new European security order," arguing Western governments previously promised not to enlarge NATO eastward to justify their informal outreach efforts.
- Russia demands control over occupied Ukrainian territory and the Donbas, while requiring demilitarization of the Odesa and Mykolaiv ports with separate freedom of navigation guarantees in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea.
- The plan envisions a federalized Moldova comprising core territory, Transnistria, and Gagauzia, with Russia offering to withdraw nuclear weapons from Belarus if Moldova allows independence referendums upon joining the European Union.
- Ukraine would remain permanently non-aligned under the reported plan, ruling out NATO membership, though the proposal leaves open the possibility for Ukraine to pursue accession to the European Union.
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Russia would have included in the list of conditions for the end of the war the withdrawal of Finland from NATO and the closure of the bases of the North Atlantic Alliance in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, transmitted on Friday the German publication Bild. The Kremlin however rejected this information, reports the EFE agency.
The German newspaper presents part of the plans that the Russians allegedly submitted to Abu Dhabi for the new security status in Europe - Steadfast insistence on Donbas, the transformation of Moldova into a federal state on the table - What Moscow is conceding in relation to Belarus - Kremlin's denial about Finland
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welingelichtekringen.nlHELSINKI (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Russia can forget about Finland being expelled from NATO and NATO troops withdrawing from the border countries, the Finnish government says. Those demands, which Russia is making of Europe according to the German newspaper Bild, are, according to Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen, "fully...
One of Russia's proposals in the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine includes a strict demand to hand over all of Donbas and the occupied territories, as well as Finland's withdrawal from NATO. Russia's wish list includes a desire for NATO to abandon the deployment of military bases in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
RUSSIA is reportedly demanding Finland's withdrawal from NATO and the surrender of the entire Donbas, which would fundamentally change the security order of Europe.
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