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Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
From the RFE/RL Newsline:
- RUSSIA REPORTEDLY SEEKS NEW TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO
Citing anonymous sources in the Security Council, "Kommersant-Daily" reported on 8 December that Russia will seek to change its relationship with NATO to something akin to affiliate membership. "While facing the threat of drastic weakening positions of Russia in the post-Soviet space, the Kremlin decided to change the quality of the relationship with the alliance," "Kommersant-Daily" wrote. "The Russian Security Council is discussing the possibility of affiliate membership of Russia in NATO. The essence of this idea is to officially establish an alliance relationship with NATO," the newspaper continued. According to the newspaper's Security Council sources, the plan is to seek a relationship with NATO along "the French model" under which "Moscow will participate in all alliance activities" other than military action. "It is still not clear how NATO will react to this Russian initiative," "Kommersant-Daily" wrote.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is a big deal. From the Googling I did, it looks like this would be the first time Russia will be actually recognized as part of NATO rather than just "cooperating with".
Thoughts, comments?
--Aric
PS Thanks for the continued daily INTSUMs AL.
