MOSCOW. March 3 (Interfax) - The attitudes of certain Western nations toward Russia have remained practically unchanged since the day Winston Churchill made his Iron Curtain speech, which marked the beginning of the Cold War, and these attitudes have even been enriched with more confrontational details, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The Iron Curtain speech Churchill delivered in Fulton, Missouri 75 years ago should never be forgotten, since this is a critical and epochal speech, Peskov said. "In particular, this speech predetermined the attitude of a whole number of Western nations and the Western viewpoint on the Soviet Union," he said.
"This viewpoint has largely remained unchanged and has even been enriched with more confrontational tones, to our regret. Hence, this should be remembered. We should remember that all mechanisms of confrontation, such as NATO, are still active, they are functioning, and the purpose of their establishment is serious standoff, rather than peaceful interaction," Peskov said.
These institutions are working against Russia and "forcing us to stay alert and to take all necessary measures to protect our country," he said.