Russia to halt Nato visits

Moscow - Russia plans to halt visits by senior Nato officials and joint military exercises with the alliance, Moscow's envoy to Nato announced on Tuesday.

"There will be no joint military exercises," Dmitry Rogozin told a Moscow news conference, adding that an upcoming visit to Moscow by Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer would also be postponed.

Rogozin listed 10 areas where Russia would limit, halt or suspend its cooperation with Nato: [snip]

"If they (Nato) start smashing the dinnerware, then we can add more to the list," Rogozin said.

[my take: Russia (and others) watched the EUNuchs' systemic incompetence and learned from Iran that belligerence works. They obviously expect the West to cave...]

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