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Russia is taking measures to respond to the increase of the NATO forces near Russian borders, Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian General Staff, said on May 23.

“In this situation, we cannot ignore these events. We have to take
measures in response,” Gerasimov told an international conference on
security held in Moscow on May 23.