BRUSSELS, Jan. 22 – Russia's actions against Ukraine violated the Helsinki Final Act and the Budapest memorandum, according to which Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons in exchange for guarantees for its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Romanian MEP Ioan Mircea Pascu (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament) said.

Russia has always expressed disquiet over NATO's expansion. Now Russia has come close to NATO, Pascu said while presenting a draft of his report on the military situation in the Black Sea basin after Russia's annexation of Crimea.