Nato warned by Russia's new envoy
Russia's new ambassador to Nato, Dmitry Rogozin, has begun his job by
warning the alliance not to ensure its own security at the expense of
others.
In a newspaper interview, he said Moscow's decision to suspend its role in a
key European arms treaty was a liberation from "colonial dependency".
Russia halted its participation last month in the 1990 Conventional Forces
in Europe treaty.
Mr Rogozin is well known in Russia for his outspoken nationalist views.
Hawkish politician
Mr Rogozin's appointment by President Putin on Thursday was seen in Moscow
as a reflection of Russia's more assertive stance towards the West.
A former head of the anti-immigration Russian Motherland party, Mr Rogozin
has previously warned the Kremlin that Nato poses a threat and he has called
for Russia to stand firm against independence for Kosovo.
Mr Rogozin has also served as Russia's representative to the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace), a multi-national Strasbourg-based
human rights body.
In 2005, Russia's Supreme Court banned Motherland from taking part in
elections to the Moscow City Council.
The court ruled that a campaign advertisement in which Mr Rogozin appeared
was racist.
Nato warned by Russia's new envoy
Dmitry Rogozin
Mr Rogozin may be signalling a harder Kremlin stance to Nato
Russia's new ambassador to Nato, Dmitry Rogozin, has begun his job by
warning the alliance not to ensure its own security at the expense of
others.
In a newspaper interview, he said Moscow's decision to suspend its role in a
key European arms treaty was a liberation from "colonial dependency".
Russia halted its participation last month in the 1990 Conventional Forces
in Europe treaty.
Mr Rogozin is well known in Russia for his outspoken nationalist views.
Hawkish politician
Mr Rogozin's appointment by President Putin on Thursday was seen in Moscow
as a reflection of Russia's more assertive stance towards the West.
A former head of the anti-immigration Russian Motherland party, Mr Rogozin
has previously warned the Kremlin that Nato poses a threat and he has called
for Russia to stand firm against independence for Kosovo.
Mr Rogozin has also served as Russia's representative to the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace), a multi-national Strasbourg-based
human rights body.
In 2005, Russia's Supreme Court banned Motherland from taking part in
elections to the Moscow City Council.
The court ruled that a campaign advertisement in which Mr Rogozin appeared
was racist.
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