MOSCOW. May 3 (Interfax) - Additional measures to ensure the security of the Union State of Russia and Belarus have been taken in response to an escalation on the part of the North Atlantic Alliance, Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin told a briefing conference for military attaches from friendly countries on May 3.
"At the briefing, the reasons for this decision on additional steps to ensure the security of the Union State of Russia and Belarus were also explained. The measures that have been taken are a response to the activities of the North Atlantic Alliance with regard to escalation," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.