Russia has labelled the allegations as “nonsense” and urged the Foreign Office to “cease these provocative activities”.
What are Mr Putin’s demands?
As part of a series of demands issued by Russia last month the Kremlin is seeking a ban on Ukraine entering Nato and a limit to the deployment of troops and weapons to Nato’s eastern flank.
Mr Putin also wants Nato to remove any troops or weapons deployed to countries that entered the alliance after 1997 and has demanded that the West provide Russia “legal guarantees” of its security.
No further expansion, including the accession of Ukraine into the alliance, is also listed as part of an eight-point draft treaty that Russia wants the West to agree to.
source: express.co.uk