Moscow, December 17 (Xinhua) -- According to Russia's 17th Channel, Russian Putin said in an interview with a reporter from Russian Television that Russia has no intention of going to war with NATO countries, but NATO has artificially created problems.
This interview was broadcast on the reporter's personal social account on the 17th. Putin said that Russia has no reason to go to war with NATO, and that it will not benefit Russia in terms of geopolitical interests, economic and military interests. He said: Russia does not want to undermine its relations with NATO and intends to develop relations with NATO countries.
Putin said that while there are no problems between Russia and NATO countries, NATO "artificially creates problems" because NATO does not want Russia as a competitor.
In April this year, Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO. In the interview, Putin cited Finland as an example, saying that the dispute between Russia and Finland has long been resolved, and that Russia and Finland have "the most friendly and sincere" relations and have never had any problems. But with Finland being dragged into NATO, "there will be problems now." Putin warned that for this, Russia will create the Leningrad Military District.