Russia rattles sabres in Obama’s direction

Commentary feature in which author suggests that Russia has come up with a series of security initiatives in early 2009 that seem designed to provoke, or at least irritate, the new Obama administration in Washington.

Wikipedia: Collective Security Treaty Organisation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organisation

Globalsecurity.org: Military: World: Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/int/csto.htm

France24, 5.2.09: Ex-Soviet states to form counterweight to NATO http://www.france24.com/en/20090205-ex-soviet-states-form-counterweight-nato-medvedev-russia-defence-force

IHT Europe, 6.2.09: Russia works angles to prod Obama http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/06/europe/moscow.1-424072.php

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