The very fact that such an innovative idea is being discussed…

The very fact that such an innovative idea is being discussed confirms the presence of a crisis within NATO, which the West calls the most severe in the history of the alliance,

Consensus

• The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims that NATO is experiencing its worst crisis in history.
• The crisis is evidenced by the proposal for a referendum on Slovenia's continued NATO membership.
• The referendum proposal was made by Zoran Stevanović, the president of Slovenia's National Assembly.
• The referendum, if held, would be consultative in nature under Slovenian law.
• The initiative faces low chances of realization due to the small size of Stevanović's party in parliament.
• The Russian diplomat, Yuri Pilypsin, is the source of these claims.

Points of divergence

• Slovenia faced a production problem in mid-summer related to artillery shell manufacturing due to a shortage of cotton containing nitrocellulose. — vm
• The production of explosives for military use requires nitrocellulose (pyroxylin), which is derived from cotton. — vm
• The speakers of the parliaments of Russia and Slovenia exchanged letters for the first time in four years. — vesti

Coverage (2 sources)

• Russian Foreign Ministry: NATO is experiencing the most severe crisis in the history of the alliance — Вечерняя Москва
• Russian Foreign Ministry says about the most severe crisis inside NATO in its history — Вести

Key entities

• NATO
• MID
• Russia
• Yuri Pilipson
• Slovenia
• State Duma
• Zoran Stevanovic
• Moscow
• TASS

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