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Pavel Felgenhauer: Russia and NATO locked in high-risk standoff in Mediterranean and Black Seas

January 28, 2022 6:49 AM 1 min read

Pavel Felgenhauer

Ukrainian-American exercise "Sea Breeze" in the Black Sea (mil.gov.ua) https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2020/07/20/ukrainian-american-exercise-sea-breeze-started-in-the-black-sea/

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On Wednesday, January 26, the United States’ ambassador in Moscow, John Sullivan, personally delivered a memorandum to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs containing the official US reply to earlier Russian demands on security guarantees. Simultaneously, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) handed over to Moscow its separate written response. Both Washington and Brussels refused to deny countries like Ukraine or Georgia the right to seek NATO membership, though it is clear such membership is not pending anytime soon in either case.

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Pavel Felgenhauer

Dr. Pavel E. Felgenhauer is a Moscow-based defense analyst and columnist for Novaya Gazeta. He served as senior research officer in the Soviet Academy of Sciences, from where he received his Ph.D. Dr. Felgenhauer has published widely on Russian foreign and defense policies, military doctrine, arms trade and the military-industrial complex. He comments regularly in local and international media on Russia’s defense-related problems.Read more

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