MOSCOW. March 29 (Interfax-AVN) - The State Duma will recommend that the situation near the Russian borders due to NATO expansion be discussed in a special meeting of the Russian Security Council, Konstantin Kosachyov, the head of the State Duma international affairs committee, told a news conference at the Interfax main office on Monday.
NATO "has recently been making steps that are unfriendly to Russia," he said.
"If they continue and a considerable NATO group appears near the Russian border that changes the balance of forces in the region, Russia should consider the possibility of taking corresponding measures in response to prevent this balance from being destroyed," Kosachyov said.
Speaking about unfriendly steps made by NATO, Kosachyov said he was referring to "the patrolling of air space over the Baltic states by the NATO forces, which is already being conducted now, and the organization of reconnaissance flights along the Russian borders using the territories of the new members of the alliance."
Kosachyov also pointed out the structure for the new NATO members' military expenditures, most of which account for weapons and military equipment, "which are obviously defensive."