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Russian Advice on Afghanistan (The New York Times, 12 January 2010)
How long would the Afghan government endure today if it were left alone to face the Taliban? A rapid slide into chaos awaits Afghanistan and its neighbors if NATO pulls out, pretending to have achieved its goals. A pullout would give a tremendous boost to Islamic militants, destabilize the Central Asian republics and set off flows of refugees, including many thousands to Europe and Russia... A “successful end” to the operation in Afghanistan will not come simply with the death of Osama bin Laden. The minimum that we require from NATO is consolidating a stable political regime in the country and preventing Talibanization of the entire region. That is the Russian position. We are ready to help NATO implement its U.N. Security Council mandate in Afghanistan. We are utterly dissatisfied with the mood of capitulation at NATO headquarters, be it under the cover of “humanistic pacifism” or pragmatism read more...
Russia criticizes US, NATO over Afghan drugs
// Security Policy
Moscow is worried about declining public support in Europe for the war. "(Russia) is losing 30,000 lives a year to the Afghan drug trade, and a million people are addicts," Rogozin said. "This is an undeclared war against our country." "We are obviously very dissatisfied with the lack of attention from NATO and the United States to our complaints about this problem." For years, the allies tried to eradicate poppy crops, but that resulted in a boost to the insurgency as impoverished poppy farmers joined the Taliban. Gen. Stanley McChrystal's new policy of trying to win the support of the population means that these farmers are now left alone, enabling them to tend crops that produce 90 percent of the world's heroin read more...
Dmitry Medvedev: 'We are facing challenges that we should meet together with NATO'
// Public Work
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...
The exhibition of disabled children from Russia opened on Tuesday in Brussels
// Public Work
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...
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HEAD OF THE MISSION
With the demise of Communism, reasons for the West and Russia to be in confrontation vanished. Russia entered on the path of European democracy. In many areas, cooperation between Russia and NATO has yielded positive results. This is true in Russia's support for the transit of cargo by the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. We are also gaining momentum in civil emergency planning, and our scientists are successfully collaborating on equipment to fight terrorism...
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Important Issues
October 23, 2009
Missile defence as a common cause for all (Jane's Defence Weekly, London)
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Documents
August 18, 2008
Statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
June 5, 2008
Dmitry Medvedev's Speech at Meeting with German Political, Parliamentary and Civic Leaders
April 4, 2008
Chairman’s statement: Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at the level of Heads of State and Government held in Bucharest
April 3, 2008
Bucharest Summit Declaration, issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Bucharest on 3 April 2008
February 22, 2007
Vladimir Putin's Speech and the Following Discussion at the Munich Conference on Security Policy
All documents
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Mr. ZHEREGELYA Andrey V.
Mr. VOLGAREV Alexander A.
Mr. TUZOV Valery N.
