NATO Chief Mark Rutte said on Jan. 23 that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no authority to influence NATO's future membership decisions. “We must clearly understand that Vladimir Putin has no veto power and no say over who will join NATO in the future.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world's biggest military alliance and could cost trillions of dollars to restore the organization's credibility.

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A Russian victory over Ukraine would greatly undermine the power of Nato and its credibility would cost trillions to restore, the alliance’s secretary general has warned.

Russia is "not constrained by the thought of large numbers of innocent victims," Russia expert Keir Giles told Newsweek.

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Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the abyss and,

Putin has said repeatedly that he is prepared to negotiate an end to the war, which first began in 2014, but that Ukraine would have to accept the reality of Russian territorial gains, which are currently about 20% of its land. He also refuses to accept Ukraine joining Nato, the military alliance of Western countries.

The Russian leader Vladimir Putin has neither veto power nor a voice in deciding who will join NATO, Secretary General Mark Rutte reports during the press conference in Davos. "We must clearly understand that Vladimir Putin has no veto power and no say over who will join NATO in the future.