Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gwamnatin Rasha, wanda Shugaba Vladimir Putin ke jagoranta, sun yi adawa da fadada NATO a matsayin cin zarafin ikon mallakar Rasha. A cikin shekaru goma sha biyar da suka gabata, sun shiga tsakani a cikin rikice-rikice daban-daban na soja a cikin kasashe makwabta ciki har da Georgia
da Ukraine (wanda ya haifar da hadewar Crimea da kuma yakin da ke gudana a Gabashin Ukraine).