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Guns along the Russian Frontier - Stephen F. Cohen
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05-03-2016
(Photo:
#Lithuania celebrates
25th anniversary of the restoration of its independence, flying flags
of #EU and
@nato allies.)
“The
NATO is weighing rotating four battalions of troops through Eastern
European member states, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said
yesterday (2 May), in the latest proposal by allies to guard against
aggressive behavior by Russia.
"The
Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – which joined NATO
in 2004, have requested greater presence of the alliance, fearing a
threat from Russia after it annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine
in 2014.
“Poland,
which will host the NATO Warsaw summit on 8-9 July, has asked the
alliance to agree to deploy ‘substantial’ numbers of forces and
equipment in Central and Eastern Europe to ensure the region’s
security in the face of a more aggressive Russia….”
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