(Moscow) You may have heard how NATO has encircled Russia with forces, broken supposed promises not to enlarge, and threatened Russia’s security with the prospect of Ukrainian membership in the Alliance. NATO does not encircle Russia – Russia’s land border is just over 20,000 kilometers long. Of that, less than one-sixteenth (1,215 kilometers), is shared with NATO members. Russia has land borders with 14 countries. Only five of them are NATO members.
Norway
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Here is a map of central and Northen Europe. The places where countries which belong to NATO actually touch Russia are higlighted in red. Russias border with the rest is highlighted in blue:
As you can see, NATO is not surrounding Russia, far from it. yet its a lie Moscow is happy to promulgate in which to excuse its invasion of the Ukraine.
