November 24, 2016

"Donald Trump's presidential election win has raised people's expectation of an improvement in US-Russian relations. At this critical juncture, a new round of friction between Russia and the West emerged over recent Moscow's deployment of state-of-the-art missiles in its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad. NATO on Tuesday lashed out at Russia's move, saying it is 'aggressive military posturing.'

Right after NATO's accusation, the European Parliament Wednesday voted on a resolution to counter what it says is anti-EU propaganda coming from Russia. The attacks on the Kremlin from NATO and the European Parliament, as formal as they are, can be seen as an escalation of confrontations between the West and Russia. Moscow responded in a hard-line manner, saying the resolution countering Russian media is an 'information crime.' It also defended its missile deployment as 'Russia is doing everything necessary to ensure its security in the face of expansion by NATO towards its borders.'"

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