MOSCOW. June 14 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia will take countermeasures following the NATO military buildup in close proximity to Russian borders, the chairman of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee and former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov told Interfax on Tuesday.
The alliance announced its decision to deploy four battalions in the Baltic States and Poland on Tuesday.
"We certainly decline to be intimidated by the four battalions. These forces are posing no danger for Russia since our army now is different from what we had twenty years ago," Komoyedov said.
"However, the tendency itself - the increasing threat at the Western boundaries of our country - makes us alarmed, because there is still a possibility that quantity will transform into quality. The countermeasures that we undertook, undertake and will be undertaking are such as to make it all clear for our partners from the very start," Komoyedov said.