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Originally Posted by Hugh

It’s the phraseology, rather than the words - “It is expected” is not commonly used in English in this context, but it is common in Russian…


In this context, people who use English as their first language would normally say "Russia will not invade neighbouring countries and Nato will not expand further."

Ah yes - I should have spotted that. However, in my work, I work with network requirements written by French or German colleagues and the "It is expected .." phraseology is frequently used.. So not typically Russian.