Relations between NATO and Russia continue to deteriorate after Moscow promised to neutralize any threats to its presence in the Black Sea. The country’s envoy to NATO, Alexander Grushko, told state newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta that the Black Sea would not become a “NATO lake.” Russia sees the region as vital to its foreign policy—since the annexation of Crimea two years ago more than a dozen warships have been stationed there.
Earlier this month Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Financial Times that Russia was trying to tighten its grip on the Black Sea and the area is one …read more
Source: Newsweek
