He said NATO has ceased to have a positive relationship with Russia, and there are no signs that NATO knows how to get out of this deadlock. According to him, NATO's decision to terminate normal working contacts with Russia in the military area was absurd, because military security in Europe largely depends on Russia-NATO relations.
Grushko said that the current standoff mirrors the Cold War "status quo" that brought about NATO's creation in 1947. They've dusted off the Harmel doctrine of dialogue and deterrence. However, there's too much deterrence and too little dialogue in this formula now.
