WASHINGTON, March 11. /TASS/. Russia doesn’t want a direct conflict either with the United States or NATO, according to a report presented by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines during US Senate Intelligence Committee hearings.

"Russia almost certainly does not want a direct military conflict with U.S. and NATO forces and will continue asymmetric activity below what it calculates to be the threshold of military conflict globally," the report says. 

In his interview with US journalist Tucker Carlson, which was released on February 9, NATO is seeking to intimidate its countries’ population with an alleged Russian threat whereas it is absolutely clear that this threat is not real.