Alexey Pushkov, head of the Foreign Affairs in the State Duma, the lower house of Russian Parliament , declares that the one of the main reasons for beginning the Russia-NATO crisis is an attempt of NATO for broadening in direction to the Russia's neighbor countries. First of all over the Georgia and Ukraine. The RIA Novosti informs about this.
"The crisis outbreak happens much earlier and Rasmussen directly is connected to this. The crisis started at the attempt of NATO to broaden over the Russian Federation's neighbor countries - Ukraine and Georgia. Rasmussen knows this very well, as soon as NATO heads in full accordance with the Bush's Administration were trying to drug Ukraine and Georgia to the Alliance. This happens when at power the Saakashvili's government was in Georgia and in Ukraine - Yanukovich, " - Pushkov tells.