Solzhenitsyn was critical of NATO's eastward expansion towards Russia's borders.[129] In 2006, Solzhenitsyn accused NATO of trying to bring Russia under its control; he claimed this was visible because of its "ideological support for the 'colour revolutions' and the paradoxical forcing of North Atlantic interests on Central Asia".[129] In a 2007 interview with Der Spiegel he stated "This was especially painful in the case of Ukraine, a country whose closeness to Russia is defined by literally millions of family ties among our peoples, relatives living on different sides of the national border. At one fell stroke, these families could be torn apart by a new dividing line, the border of a military bloc."[121]

121. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I (2007), "I Am Not Afraid of Death", Der Spiegel (interview), no. 30

129. "Solzhenitsyn warns of Nato plot", BBC News, 28 April 2006

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