In Britain, rumors about Russia's preparations for an attack on the Baltic states were denied.

The NATO military and political leadership sees no evidence of Russia's preparations for a possible attack on the Baltic states in 2030. This was reported on July 10 by The Times newspaper, citing a senior source in the alliance.

"I don't see any signs that Russia is interested in any conflict with NATO," the newspaper quoted its interlocutor as saying.

The authors of the material pointed out that the leaders of Western countries use the imaginary threat from Moscow to justify the increase in military spending of their states.

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Vladislav Maslennikov, Director of the Department of European Affairs at the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on July 11 that NATO member states were justifying the bloc's preparations for a large—scale conflict with a false statement about an alleged threat from Russia. Analyzing the results of the NATO summit in Ankara, the diplomat stressed that this was not the first time the alliance had called Russia a "threat."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday that NATO was originally created as an instrument of confrontation and the alliance remains true to its purpose. The press secretary of the Russian president also called the aggressive action of the North Atlantic Alliance the fact of declaring Russia a threat, noting that this obliges the Russian Federation to be strong and continue its policy.