{"id":840,"date":"2025-06-13T08:43:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T08:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:59:28","slug":"newsweek-issues-correction-over-misquote-on-russian-nato-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/newsweek-issues-correction-over-misquote-on-russian-nato-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsweek issues correction over misquote on Russian NATO demands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The outlet earlier claimed that Russia won\u2019t end the Ukraine conflict until the bloc \u201cpulls out of the Baltics,\u201d citing a top diplomat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Newsweek has issued a correction after publishing a report that inaccurately attributed a demand by a senior Russian official for NATO to withdraw troops from the Baltic states.<\/p>\n

The original article,\u00a0published<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week, carried the headline: \u201cRussia won\u2019t end Ukraine war until NATO \u2018pulls out\u2019 of Baltics: Moscow.\u201d<\/em> The report cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and suggested he had directly called for NATO to leave Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as a condition for ending the conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

However, Ryabkov made no specific mention of the Baltics in the interview cited by Newsweek. His comments, published by the Russian news agency TASS, referenced NATO\u2019s military posture in \u201cEastern Europe,\u201d<\/em> not the Baltic region by name.<\/p>\n

Following criticism \u2013 including from Latvia\u2019s ambassador to NATO, Maris Riekstins, who called<\/a> the report \u201cvery strange\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Newsweek updated both the article\u2019s headline and its content. A disclaimer was added noting that the piece had been \u201cupdated to reflect that Sergei Ryabkov did not reference the Baltic states.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Despite the correction, the initial version of the story circulated widely and was picked up by other media outlets, including Lithuania\u2019s state broadcaster LRT. Some of these reports included additional commentary from Baltic officials expressing concern over potential Russian aggression toward the region\u00a0\u2013 a claim Moscow has repeatedly denied.<\/p>\n

In the TASS interview, Ryabkov reiterated Moscow\u2019s longstanding opposition to NATO expansion near Russia\u2019s borders and called for \u201clegally binding\u201d<\/em> security guarantees. He said that \u201creducing NATO\u2019s contingent in Eastern Europe would probably benefit the security of the entire continent,\u201d<\/em> but did not single out any country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American side requires practical steps aimed at eliminating the root causes of the fundamental contradictions between us in the area of security,\u201d<\/em> Ryabkov said. \u201cAmong these causes, NATO expansion is in the foreground.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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He also insisted that resolving the Ukraine conflict and normalizing Russia\u2019s relations with the West would require addressing what he called Russia\u2019s \u201cfundamental interests,\u201d<\/em> including opposition to the deployment of strike weapons near its territory.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s position on NATO enlargement has been a central issue in its conflict with Ukraine, and Russian officials have frequently cited Western military support for Kiev as a destabilizing factor. However, suggestions that Moscow has issued explicit threats to the Baltics are not supported by Ryabkov\u2019s latest remarks.<\/p>\n

Newsweek has not issued a formal apology but acknowledged the inaccuracy in its updated article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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