Nato asks every member country to spend at least 2% of national income - also known as GDP - on defence. It is thought that ...

Shortly before President Putin sent his troops into Ukraine on 24 February, he demanded a redrawing of the security map of Europe ... is that such a major expansion of Nato, right on Russia's ...

Nato was founded in Washington DC in April 1949 Nato's primary purpose, external was to block expansion in Europe by the former Soviet Union - a group of communist republics which included Russia.