Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on February 4 that confrontational politics has become very fashionable in Brussels. Vladislav Maslennikov, director of the Department of European Affairs at the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated on January 29 that NATO had cut off all contacts with Russia and Moscow now maintains only an emergency communication channel.
Kremlin Alleges NATO Has Severed All Contacts with Russia, Reserving Only Emergency Channel