Rusia suspenda Tratatul Fortelor Conventionale in Europa

[Saharian 1567]

Russia suspends arms treaty Russia's parliament has voted to suspend Moscow's support for a key treaty limiting the deployment of armed forces along its border with Europe.

 

Parliament's lower house, the Duma, unanimously agreed to temporarily abandon the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe treaty (CFE).

 

The bill still faces approval in the upper house in December before President Vladimir Putin can sign it.

 

The CFE is one of many issues recently putting Moscow at odds with the West.

 

The Duma approved the bill in the 418-0 vote.

 

THE CFE TREATY Cornerstone of European security Limits amount of key military equipment in designated area Negotiated by Nato and ex-Warsaw Pact member states Signed in 1990 Came into force in 1992 Revised 1999 version never ratified by Nato

 

 

In the motion, MPs said the CFE treaty "no longer responds to the security interests of the Russian Federation" in light of Nato expansion and other factors in Europe.

 

The vote amounted to legislative confirmation of a decree signed by President Putin in July.

 

The CFE was one of the most significant arms control agreements of the Cold War years.

 

It set strict limits on the number of conventional weapons - battle tanks, combat aircraft, heavy artillery - that the members of the Warsaw Pact and Nato could deploy in European territory stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Urals.

 

In the wake of the collapse of communism, the treaty was revised in 1999, in part to address Russian concerns.

 

Russia ratified the 1999 revised version, but Nato has not done so.

 

Nato states are first demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia and Moldova, but Moscow says the issues are not linked.

 

The Kremlin has also voiced concern over US plans to station part of a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.

 

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Ce parere aveti ? Incepe iar un razboi (rece?) ?

[harald 1722]

Ce parere aveti ? Incepe iar un razboi (rece?) ? [/size]

Da, numai că de data asta Cortina de Fier va fi pe Prut. Dacă Putin renunţă

Editat Noiembrie 7, 2007 de harald

[Saharian 1567]

Da, numai că de data asta Cortina de Fier va fi pe Prut. Dacă Putin renunţă

[harald 1722]

Ai dreptate, nici eunu cred in retragerea lui Putin altfel decat formala - mai mult, asa zisul succesor nu isi va termina mandatul - probabil dupa vreo doi-trei ani isi va da demisia si vor fi alegeri anticipate unde, surprise, suprise, avem un nou VECHI presedinte al tuturor rusilor - inclusiv al celor din tarile vecine :blink:

Aici ar fi două aspecte complet diferite, fără prea mare legătură

[Saharian 1567]

Aici ar fi două aspecte complet diferite, fără prea mare legătură

[harald 1722]

Referitor la al doilea punct ... noua Rusie este inundata cu petroruble - dupa China este a doua mare Economie aflata in surplus de plati - miliarde si miliarde de petroruble pe care clica din armata abia asteapta sa le puna "la lucru" - de unde si instigarea unui climat in care spanzurarea masiva a banilor pe armata, armament si conexe sa poata fi "justificata" ...

Deci nu cred ca ideea este de a avea un conflict armat real - nu e prea usor de vazut care ar putea fi scopul unei astfel de actiuni - ci de a creea premizele unei noi curse a inarmarilor

 

După cum au demonstrat din plin Statele Unite (care aveau un excedent uriaş pe vremea lui Clinton) nici o sumă nu este prea mare pentru ca militarii să nu-şi poată bate joc de ea :blink: E suficient ca acest carusel să pornească, după care militarii vor avea grijă să aibă mereu nevoi at