Kremlin Continues to Mistrust NATO
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
As NATO prepares for its 60th anniversary summit in Germany on April 3rd and 4th, Russia's suspicion of the Western alliance remains almost as strong as when the grouping was founded. Today, Moscow is not just upset that NATO's newest members include former Soviet satellite nations, but that continued expansion of the alliance could bring in Ukraine and Georgia, former republics of the USSR that border Russia. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky takes a closer look at the status of Russia's tenuous relationship with NATO.