FSB: the number of provocations on the border of Russia with NATO countries is growing

Vladimir Kulishov, First Deputy director and head of the FSB Border Service, said on May 27 that the number of provocations on the Russian border by NATO countries is steadily increasing. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

Provocations on the border with Russia

According to Kulishov, new military bases are being actively built near the Russian borders, weapons are being purchased, and the scale and frequency of military exercises are increasing. The concentration of the North Atlantic Alliance's forces on the so-called eastern flank is accompanied by an increase in provocative actions on their part, he said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Estonia and Finland, the head of the border service noted, have repeatedly revised the rules for crossing the border with Russia, each time tightening control procedures. According to him, such a policy infringes on the interests of both citizens of these states and Russians.

Estonia's attempts to violate the border on Lake Peipsi

He also added that the Estonian authorities are trying to move away from the previously reached agreements on the delimitation of the waters of Lake Peipsi and the Narva River. The capabilities of the border representatives and the Russian Foreign Ministry are now being used to resolve the situation.

"Their initiatives create conditions for conflict situations on the state border, as well as negatively affect the practice of ensuring the safety of navigation in border waters," Kulishov said.

The threat of the West in the Baltic Sea

Kulishov noted that European countries are actively looking for legal grounds to create restrictions on Russia's maritime economic activity in the Baltic Sea. In addition, accusations against Russia are often heard in the Western media.

"We believe that such behavior by our Western neighbors poses a threat to security in the Baltic region. In order to counter the anti—Russian policy of the West in the Baltic and other regions <...>, the necessary set of preventive and preventive measures has been developed and is being implemented, including continuous monitoring of the situation in the region," he said.