Tag: NATO

Interfax: Russia, NATO ready to search for solutions to European missile defense problem

NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense
Mssile Defense Control Room

(Interfax – January 28, 2014) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen are ready to search for solutions to the European missile defense problem. They have also discussed possible assistance to the UN/OPCW mission dealing with Syrian chemical weapons, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “Problems and the prospective development of Russia-NATO relations have been discussed. […]

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Russian diplomat slams NATO exercise scenario

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(RIA Novosti – December 31, 2013) Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov has said that the scenario of NATO’s Steadfast Jazz 2013 military exercise which took place on 2-9 November has “surprised” Moscow. He made the statement in an interview with Russian state news agency RIA Novosti published on 31 December. In the same interview he also spoke about the […]

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NATO refuses to cooperate with CSTO in fighting Afghan drugs for ideological reasons – Lavrov

Afghanistan, Drugs, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, NATO
Afghanistan Map of Ethnicities

(Interfax – December 18, 2013) Moscow stands for NATO-CSTO cooperation in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during the Government Hour at the Federation Council on Wednesday. “We think it would be useful to finally start practical cooperation between the CSTO and NATO,” he said. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) give much […]

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Russia Confirms Tactical Missile Deployment on NATO Borders

Baltics, NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense
Iskander Missile with Launch file photo

MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti) ­ Russia confirmed Monday that it has deployed tactical ballistic missiles near its borders with NATO but said the move did not violate international agreements. Bild newspaper in Germany reported over the weekend that Russia had “quietly” moved 10 Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone) missile systems into its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and along its border with […]

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Lavrov Slams NATO Response to Ukraine

NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Yekaterina Kravtsova – December 5, 2013) BRUSSELS ­ At a meeting with NATO counterparts on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slammed NATO’s response to recent protests in Ukraine and said last month’s deal on Iran’s nuclear program renders the need for missile defense in Europe obsolete. In response to a joint resolution issued by […]

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Lavrov tackles NATO agenda in Brussels

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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Yuri Paniyev, special to RBTH – December 3, 2013) Syria, Afghanistan and NATO’s European missile defense system will top the agenda at the Russia-NATO Council session scheduled to begin on Dec.3. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his counterparts from the NATO member states are expected to exchange opinions on issues concerning Euro-Atlantic […]

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Interfax: NATO’s refusal to adapt CFE harms conventional arms control – Grushko

Military, NATO
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

BRUSSELS. Dec 2 (Interfax) – The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) cannot be restored the way it used to be; the treaty became totally obsolete, which was declared back in 1996 when a decision on the parameters of its crucial modernization was made, Russian Permanent Representative to NATO Alexander Grushko told Interfax in Brussels on Monday. “An […]

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Interfax: Missile defence is main problem in Russian-NATO relations – deputy minister

NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Patriot Missile Launch file photo

(Interfax – November 29, 2013) Missile defence is the main irritant in relations between the defence ministries of Russia and NATO member states, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoliy Antonov has said, privately-owned Russian military news agency Interfax-AVN reported on 29 November. “The prospects for cooperation between Russia and NATO are very great. If there was the political will from the […]

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Interfax: NATO demonstrates touching care for “Afghan peasants” growing drug crops – FSKN chief

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Map of Afghanistan and Environs

MINSK. Nov 28 (Interfax) – Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) Director Viktor Ivanov says that NATO has failed to contribute to the fight against Afghan illegal drug business. “We can say that the hopes the world pinned on NATO in the suppression of Afghan drugs were crushed,” Ivanov said at a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Coordination […]

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RIA Novosti: Iran Deal Nullifies Needs for Europe Missile Shield – Russian FM

Iran, NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense
Sergei Lavrov file photo

ROME, November 25 (RIA Novosti) ­ Implementation of a deal on Iran’s nuclear program reached in Geneva this weekend will make the US missile defense system in Europe unnecessary, Russia’s foreign minister said Monday. “If the agreement on Iran is implemented, the reason named as a necessity to establish a missile defense system in Europe will drop away,” Sergei Lavrov […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Concerned at US Plans for Bases in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Allied Troops on High Ground Overlooking Afghan Valley

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) ­ A senior Russian diplomat has voiced concerns over US plans to retain nine military bases in Afghanistan after their planned withdrawal from the country. Russia’s presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, told RIA Novosti in an interview Wednesday that the bases would “exert a serious influence on the whole vast Asian region and become […]

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Interfax: Russia not against Ukraine’s association with EU, would object to NATO membership – Putin

Europe, EU, NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian Naval Vessel in Ukrainian Port

MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax) – Russia is not against Ukraine becoming an associated EU member, but it would object if Ukraine decided to join NATO, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “We are not against Ukraine’s sovereign choice, whatever it is. We are talking about something absolutely different. If we heard that Ukraine joins NATO, then we would really be against […]

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Interfax: Russia Criticizes Statements on Eastern Threats to NATO

Baltics, NATO, Poland
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MOSCOW. Nov 15 (Interfax) – The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed surprise about the statements made by some Polish and Baltic countries leaders saying that the NATO training Steadfast Jazz 2013 indicates the allies’ readiness to defend the Eastern European countries from threats from the East. “Is it really appropriate to speak seriously about any threats of attack against NATO […]

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Interfax: Russian senator hails NATO’s changing philosophy as “new and important”

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(Interfax – Moscow, November 12, 2013) NATO is changing its philosophy – the alliance is turning from an organization for ensuring defence of its members into an organization ensuring their security, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Thrasyvoulos Terry Stamatopoulos has said at a meeting with head of the Federation Council’s international committee Mikhail Margelov. “This is […]

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NATO Missile Defense Is No Threat to Russia

NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense
Mssile Defense Control Room

(The Moscow Times – Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – article also appeared at themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/nato-missile-defense-is-no-threat-to-russia/489487.html) On Oct. 29, Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported that “according to NATO information,” surface- and sea-launched interceptor missiles in the U.S. national missile defense system “are designed for the total destruction of the warheads of short-, intermediate- and intercontinental-range ballistic missiles.” […]

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Shoigu Says NATO and Terrorism Russia’s Top Challenges

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, NATO, Terrorism
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimws.com – Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber – November 11, 2013) Terrorism and NATO’s expansion at Russia’s borders are the country’s two main security threats, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Saturday, hinting at a renewal of the armed forces’ strategic and doctrinal direction after years of failed reforms. During an interview broadcasted on Rossia 1, Shoigu cited Syria, Afghanistan, Mali […]

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New defense minister continues dialogue with NATO

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military, NATO
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Viktor Litovkin, special to RBTH – October 29, 2013) At a NATO-Russia Council meeting in Brussels, the Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu offered the international community assistance in destroying Syrian chemical weapons and expressed his hope to resume Russia-NATO dialogue on ABMs in Europe. Last week, Brussels hosted a meeting of the […]

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Interfax: Russia is ready for compromise, dialogue on missile defense – Lavrov

NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Mssile Defense Control Room

ROSTOV-ON-DON. Oct 28 (Interfax) – Russia is ready for constructive dialogue and compromise on missile defense with the United States and NATO. “We are ready for constructive dialogue with the United States and NATO. We are open to compromise. However, we will not pretend that talk of the (missile defense) system the Americans are creating does not need any changes […]

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RIA Novosti: Moscow Needs More ‘Predictability’ in NATO Missile Defense Plans

NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Patriot Missile Launch file photo

MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti) ­ Russia aims to cooperate with Western powers on security issues but needs guarantees that a US missile shield in Eastern Europe would not target its nuclear forces, Russia’s defense minister said Wednesday. “We have failed to work jointly on this issue. The European missile defense programs are developing, and our [Russia’s] concerns are not […]

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No NATO Membership For Georgia, Ukraine in 2014 – Official

Georgia, NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) ­ Ukraine and Georgia will not accede to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) next year, its top official said Tuesday, dismissing speculation that two of Russia’s most strategically important neighbors might be joining. Ukraine has decided to abandon its long-standing bid to join NATO, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told journalists in Brussels on […]

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Interfax: Only 20% of Ukrainians support accession to NATO – poll

NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

(Interfax – KYIV, October 17, 2013) Only 20% of Ukrainians support the country’s accession to NATO, according to the Rating sociological group, which held its poll on September 26 – October 6, 2013. A report published on the Rating website said that two-thirds of Ukrainians thought that Ukraine should not join NATO and 15% were hesitant. A relative majority of […]

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Interfax: Lavrov notes scale-back in Russia-NATO relations

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(Interfax – BRUSSELS, October 16, 2013) Relations between Russia and NATO have scaled back on certain tracks, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “Positive results are hard to win in practice in certain areas, and progress was even reversed on some tracks,” he said at the Royal Institute of International relations (the Egmont Institute) in Brussels. “I mean, for instance, […]

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Western military intervention in Syria highly likely – Russian experts

Middle East, North Africa, NATO, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Syria Map

(Interfax – August 27, 2013) The likelihood of Western military intervention in Syria is very high, Sergey Karaganov, honorary chairman of the presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP) think-tank, has said. “Unfortunately, the concentration of troops in the region is such that a war may start. The USA may strike within the next two months, even […]

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NATO Avoids ‘Costly’ Russian Transit Hub – Paper

Afghanistan, NATO
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(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, August 15, 2013) A year after Russia opened a transit hub in Ulyanovsk to help in NATO’s pullout from Afghanistan, not a single alliance member has used it, a Russian newspaper said Thursday. “Russian authorities insisted, when opening the hub, that only Russian transport companies service its operations. And they hiked the prices so much that […]

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NATO Pullout From Afghanistan ‘Too Hasty’ – Russian Defense Official

Afghanistan, NATO
Allied Troops on High Ground Overlooking Afghan Valley

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, August 14, 2013) ­ The intended pullout of the NATO-led forces from Afghanistan starting in 2014 is “too hasty,” Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister said Wednesday adding that Russia will reinforce its military bases in Central Asia ahead of the withdrawal. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which has been fighting the radical Islamist Taliban movement in […]

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JRL NEWSBLOG: Putin’s Decay

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Russia & the West, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of Vladimir Putin Sitting at Desk

[Putin’s Decay – Gordon Hahn – Moscow Times – July 12, 2013 – http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/putins-decay/483044.html – Gordon Hahn, senior associate of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, is author of “Russia’s Revolution From Above” and “Russia’s Islamic Threat] In his Moscow Times Op-Ed, “Putin’s Decay,” Gordon Hahn of CSIS raises concern over what […]

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U.S. Transit Center will be shut down on schedule – Kyrgyz premier

Central Asia, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Map of Central Asia, Including Commonwealth of Independent States Members

(Interfax – BISHKEK, July 9, 2013) Kyrgyz Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev has denied rumors claiming that the presence of the U.S. Transit Center at Manas International Airport near Bishkek could be prolonged. “These are just rumors. The government submitted a bill renouncing the agreement with the U.S. on the deployment of the Transit Center at Manas Airport to parliament. Parliament […]

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Ivanishvili doesn’t regard Georgia’s accession to NATO threat to Russia

Georgia, NATO
NATO Meeting file photo

(Interfax – TBILISI, June 26, 2013) Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has said that Georgia’s accession to NATO is a choice of the Georgian people and it does not matter whether Russia likes it or not. At a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Ivanishvili answered the question about how Georgia intends to improve relations with […]

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Non-direction criteria should be stipulated in Russian-U.S. missile shield agreement – Ryabkov

Europe, EU, NATO
Missile Defense Launch file photo

(Interfax – MOSCOW, May 28, 2013) The U.S. side has voiced quite concrete and serious proposals on the missile shield issue in Europe, however Moscow thinks they are not enough, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said in an interview with Echo of Moscow (Ekho Moskvy) radio station. “We offer to conclude (an agreement) on legally binding obligations of non-direction […]

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Senior Russian military official highlights positive cooperation with NATO

Afghanistan, NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense
File Photo of Official at Podium in Front of Large NATO-Russia Council Signage

(Interfax – May 17, 2013) Russia and NATO are boosting their cooperation in a number of areas, however Russia still has concerns about US and NATO European missile defence plans, Russian Deputy Chief of General Staff Col-Gen Aleksandr Postnikov-Streltsov has said. Interfax news agency carried the comments that Postnikov-Streltsov made after a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council (RNC) in Brussels […]

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Interfax: Georgia intends to return lost territories peacefully – Ivanishvili

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(Interfax – TBILISI, May 15, 2013) Georgia will do everything to restore relations with “the big neighbor”, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said in an interview with Euronews TV company reported partially by local mass media outlets on Wednesday. “The current state of the relations between Georgia and Russia is not in anybody’s interests. Georgia lost 20% of its territory […]

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US Backs Georgia’s NATO, EU Ambitions – Kerry

Europe, EU, Georgia, NATO, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(RIA Novosti – WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013) ­ US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that Washington supports Georgia’s aspirations to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), ambitions that Moscow has repeatedly warned will only inflame tensions in the South Caucasus. “We are very supportive of Georgia’s aspirations with respect to NATO and Europe,” Kerry said ahead of […]

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Russian Afghan veterans warn NATO against mistakes in pullout from Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Military, NATO
Allied Troops on High Ground Overlooking Afghan Valley

(Interfax – April 25, 2013) The Russian Union of Afghan War Veterans that unites many generals and officers who took part in the pullout of the Soviet limited contingent from Afghanistan are ready to respond to requests from NATO colleagues and share their materials, Union leader Frants Klintsevich told Interfax-AVN on Thursday. “I have learned about the NATO request from […]

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Russian Military Says CFE Treaty Has No Future

Europe, EU, Military, NATO
File Photo of Russian Tanks on Parade

MOSCOW, April 2 (RIA Novosti) ­ Six years after announcing a unilateral moratorium on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), the Russian Defense Ministry has reaffirmed that the original document has no prospects in the future. “The CFE treaty was signed when two opposing military blocs ­ NATO and the Warsaw Pact ­ still existed,” head of […]

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Russian Defense Ministry calls for joint responsibility on security in Europe

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EU Map

(Interfax – March 20, 2013) The international conference on security issues in Europe, the Russian Defense Ministry plans to hold in Moscow on March 23-24, is to bring closer ties of European countries on the issue, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told reporters on Wednesday. “A lot has been done in the recent years to ensure security in Europe […]

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Russia invites its NATO partners to attend security conference in Moscow

Europe, EU, Military, NATO
File Photo of Official at Podium in Front of Large NATO-Russia Council Signage

BRUSSELS. March 19 (Interfax) – Russian officials said on Monday at a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council that Russia intended to hold an international conference on military and political aspects of European security in Moscow on May 23-24, Sergei Koshelev, director of the Russian Defense Ministry’s department for international military cooperation, said. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has proposed holding […]

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Missile Defense Is a Nice Problem to Have

Military, NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Missile Defense Launch file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Nicholas von Twickel – March 19, 2013) Washington’s decision to scrap the last phase of the planned NATO missile shield for Europe elicited expectations that U.S.-Russian relations might improve by removing a major stumbling block that had irked Moscow. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Friday that the U.S. would not carry out Phase 4 of […]

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Moscow to Welcome U.S. Decision not to Deploy 4th Stage of Missile Shield in Europe – Expert

Europe, EU, NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Patriot Missile Launch file photo

(Interfax – Moscow, March 18, 2013) Washington’s decision not to deploy the last elements of its missile shield in Europe should be welcomed in Russia, Chairman of Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Fyodor Lukyanov, said. “The Russian side should in general welcome this step, whatever stands behind it. At the same time, I think and judging by the reaction […]

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Changes in U.S. plans for Europe-based missile defense system fail to allay Moscow’s concerns – Russia’s Defense Ministry

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Missile Defense Control Room file photo

(Interfax – March 19, 2013) A statement by U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel who effectively announced the cancellation of the final phase of a Europe-based missile defense shield should be clarified in great detail, Sergei Koshelev, director of the Russian Defense Ministry’s department for international military cooperation, told journalists at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday evening. “Negotiations […]

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U.S. Awaits Russian Response to Delaying Missile Shield

North Korea, Nuclear, Missile Defense
Missile Defense Control Room file photo

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Gopal Ratnam & Stepan Kravchenko – March 18, 2013) The Obama administration’s decision to slow work on missile defenses in Eastern Europe has raised hopes of arms control advocates that Russia might respond by agreeing to renewed talks on reducing both nations’ nuclear arsenals. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said March 15 that the Pentagon will […]

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Rekindling the Cold War as Russia Rearms

Military, NATO, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of Tanks on Parade

(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Ben Aris in Moscow – March 14, 2013) “With the full support of a feckless policy elite and an uncritical media establishment, Washington is slipping, if not plunging, into a new Cold War with Moscow.” Strong words from Professor Stephen Cohen in a January article published in The Nation, who is a lonely voice […]

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NATO must take Russia’s interests into account to resolve Russian-NATO issues – official

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MOSCOW. March 7 (Interfax) – Russia is interested in building pragmatic and predictable relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) if NATO is ready to take into account Russia’s interests in security and to comply with international law, Russian Permanent Representative to NATO, Alexander Grushko, said. “These relations can develop in the right direction only if NATO complies with […]

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Lavrov denies that Russia, U.S. preparing to exchange declarations on missile defense

NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Patriot Missile Launch file photo

BERLIN. Feb 27 (Interfax) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has denied media reports alleging that Russia and the U.S. are preparing to exchange declarations on cooperation on missile defense and on guarantees that it will not be directed against Russia’s interests. “I have read these reports and talked with their authors. I don’t know the author’s sources, but there […]

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Ulyanovsk Hub Not Getting Much Use by NATO

Afghanistan, NATO, Terrorism
NATO Meeting file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Nikolaus von Twickel – February 21, 2013) NATO and Russia pride themselves on cooperation over Afghanistan and the fight against terrorists and pirates, but a planned logistics hub to transport military hardware from Afghanistan is not taking off. Moscow and the Western military alliance will conduct a range of exercises this year, including a joint […]

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No Plans to End US Cargo Transit via Russia – Deputy FM

Afghanistan, Central Asia, NATO, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Map of Afghanistan and Environs

MOSCOW, February 19 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has no plans to end US cargo traffic to Afghanistan via its territory despite differences in relations between the two states, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Tuesday. “Cargo transit [to Afghanistan] via Russian territory is an important aspect of our cooperation, and we have no plans to end it,” Gatilov […]

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Moscow insists on being given legally-binding guarantees on European missile defense – Duma chairman

Europe, EU, NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense
Missile Defense Control Room file photo

PARIS. Feb 6 (Interfax) – Moscow continues to insist on being provided with legally-binding guarantees by NATO, and primarily the United States, that the missile defense system being deployed in Europe will not be targeted against Russia, State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin said at debates with French National Assembly deputies. “We need guarantees backed by objective technical parameters that this […]

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Munich security conference recognizes Russia’s crucial role in global politics – Pushkov

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World Map Showing Continents, Greens, Browns, Ice

(Interfax – February 3, 2013) Recognition that no clues can be found to the most acute present-day problems without Russia ranks among major results of the Munich Security Conference, said State Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Alexei Pushkov. “The speakers conveyed one fundamental idea: in NATO’s opinion it will be extremely difficult to find solutions to global present-day problems without […]

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Georgia vows to keep seeking EU, NATO membership

Europe, EU, Georgia, NATO
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TALLINN. Jan 31 (Interfax) – Georgia’s foreign minister made assurances on Wednesday that her country would stick to its policy of seeking membership in the European Union and NATO. “Both for Estonia and for Georgia, joining the European Union is primarily a security issue, but, of course, it would help revise the Georgian economy as well,” an Estonian government statement […]

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General: NATO Air Hub Being Tested

Afghanistan, NATO
NATO Meeting file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Nikolaus von Twickel – Dec. 17, 2012) A planned air cargo route for NATO countries’ military equipment from Afghanistan via Ulyanovsk is being tested and should be operating soon, a top general for the alliance said. General Knud Bartels, who chairs the alliance’s military committee, told reporters Friday that containers are being shipped from Afghanistan […]

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NATO’s Volga Airport Hits Snarl

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Nikolaus von Twickel – Dec. 12, 2012) Five months after Moscow finalized an agreement with NATO to use Ulyanovsk’s airport for transporting military equipment from Afghanistan, not a single flight has been carried out. National media have speculated that money is an issue and that Volga-Dnepr, the freight company that would handle the flights from […]

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