# UK Parliament member dismisses claims of Russian threat

https://mins.news/en/item/42814

- TASS, 2026-09-02 23:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2181527

> Labour MP Diane Abbott called claims that Russia poses an imminent threat to NATO a fiction designed to justify rising military budgets and capitulation to Donald Trump’s demands for greater spending. She said the increase should not proceed.

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