https://tube.home.franssen.xyz/videos/watch/9ca38088-75a2-4b99-a5b0-eab5cb6b52a7 Russian officials often claim that ‘NATO is encircling Russia.’ This myth ignores geography: Russia shares land borders with 14 countries, and only five of them are NATO members! Outside NATO territory, the Alliance only has a military presence in three places: Kosovo, Afghanistan and off the Horn of Africa. All three operations are carried out with United Nations mandate. In contrast, Russia has bases in three countries: Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – without the consent of their governments. Find out more in this video, featuring Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, NATO’s former Deputy Secretary General and expert on NATO-Russia relations. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Find the Russian versions of these videos here: https://goo.gl/NKjWGM ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ SUBSCRIBE to NATO YouTube http://bit.ly/NATOsubscribe Connect with NATO online: Visit the Official NATO Homepage: http://bit.ly/NATOhomepage Find NATO on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/NATOfacebook Follow @NATO on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/NATOtwitter Find NATO on Google+: http://bit.ly/NATOgoogleplus Find NATO on LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/NATOlinkedin Find NATO on Flickr: http://bit.ly/NATOflickr Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:57:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.home.franssen.xyz https://tube.home.franssen.xyz/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://tube.home.franssen.xyz/videos/watch/9ca38088-75a2-4b99-a5b0-eab5cb6b52a7 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.home.franssen.xyz/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.