Russian Russian response from the head of the British Armed Forces to a question about NATO's plans to teach Russian

Russian Russian On June 10, Admiral Tony Radakin, head of the British Armed Forces, gave an answer to the question of whether members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would have to learn Russian if they did not want to increase military spending.

“no. I really want to say no," Radakin said during a meeting of the defense committee of the House of Commons (lower house) of the British Parliament, the broadcast of the speech was published on the official YouTube channel of the British parliament.

It is clarified that this is how he commented on the statements of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Earlier, the secretary said that the NATO member countries should increase military spending to 5% of their gross domestic product (GDP), otherwise they will have to learn Russian.

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