It is not about NATO, and our military doctrine does not treat NATO as the main military threat. It is about the never-ending enlargement of NATO through absorbing the countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union or happen to be our closest neighbours. It definitely creates certain problems, because NATO, whatever one may say, is a military alliance. Everything is quite clear here. We have our own defence strategy and we have Armed Forces tailored to fit a certain configuration. But if a military alliance, which is, by the way, our partner in general, keeps on moving even closer to our borders, if missile defence or something else is being reconfigured, it is a good enough reason for us to be concerned read more...

On December 1st there was the opening of exhibition of disabled children from Russia in the Centre Culturel et Scientifique de Russie in Brussels. It was organized by the Russian cultural centre in Brussels, the Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO H.E. Dr. Dmitry Rogozin and his spouse Mrs. Tatiana Rogozina. The exhibition is timed to the International Day of Disabled Persons (December 3rd), established by the UN General Assembly in 1992 (resolution No. A/RES/47/3)  read more...

Russia needs guarantees that the mobile BMD assets deployed, for example, on the ships sailing the Mediterranean sea would not turn into new problems for us in the future. A battle ship equipped with interceptor missiles and means of remote surveillance is capable of weighing the anchor and sailing up to Russian coastline. In the end, instead of missiles charged in Polish mines we would get the same missiles but already sailing around on the deck of an American battle ship in Polish territorial waters. There is small choice in rotten apples. I would very much like to believe our American colleagues and put out of my head any second thoughts of the true nature of the ballistic missile defence. But as Ronald Reagan would say in such a case: “Trust, but verify”  read more...