The director of Moscow's Center for Policy Studies, Dr Vladimir Orlov, told ISN Security Watch that "Russia is suspicious that this is only a stage of a greater American plan to surround Russia, first from the west and then from the south - in Georgia and the Ukraine. And with the final stage of paralyzing Russia's own strategic missile capabilities." (click here)
...Robert Gates, US defence secretary, visited Moscow last week in an attempt to ease concerns. But after talks with senior officials, Vladimir Putin, the president, threatened to stop implementing a 1990 treaty limiting non-nuclear arms staged in Europe, partly because of the US plans.
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, said it was unacceptable for Nato infrastructure to be “creeping up to the Russian border”....
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, said it was unacceptable for Nato infrastructure to be “creeping up to the Russian border”....
