The Kremlin said Tuesday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is on the path of "militarization" after the alliance's latest push to raise its defense budget."The alliance is confidently following the path of blatant militarization, Europe is following the path of blatant militarization., The Kremlin says NATO is on a path of militarization, as the alliance gathers in The Hague in a new push to raise the defense budget., Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe this decree is part of the Kremlin’s strategy for long-term militarization. It likely creates a legal basis to shift the Russian economy onto war footing in case of full martial law., NATO will begin classifying details of its military aid to Ukraine, citing concerns that Russia is exploiting public disclosures for strategic advantage. The change, to be formalized at the upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague, follows intelligence showing Russian media rapidly analyzing alliance briefings for propaganda and operational planning, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin warned that Europe is undergoing an aggressive push toward militarization, driven by what he called an "imaginary threat from the East.", .