Russia to Sever Cooperation with NATO?

[1pLUs44]

Starting to sound like Russia is TRYING to pick a fight... No importance in that side of the world..

[Motherland]

Starting to sound like Russia is TRYING to pick a fight... No importance in that side of the world..

Which side of the world? The Middle East or Europe?

[1pLUs44]

Which side of the world? The Middle East or Europe?

Either. They can get oil from everyone else like us. From what I've already read in this thread w/ the s and what not, sounds like 1 is trying to pick a fight. Kinda hard to say whom, 50-50 I'd say after reading more.

[Motherland]

Then your comment doesn't make any sense... Poland/Europe and Iran/Middle East are pretty much the center of the world right now...
BTW Russia isn't dependent on other countries for oil like the United States.

[Excel1]

russia doesn't need nato and could play nato like a tune  right up to the brink of war if it wanted too.

looks like the boot's on the other foot this time around.

On the diplomatic front, Nato foreign ministers suspended their formal contacts with Russia. Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said "there can be no business as usual with Russia under present circumstances."

But the Nato allies, bowing to pressure from European nations that depend heavily on Russia for energy, stopped short of more severe penalties.

The Russian Ambassador to Nato, Dmitry Rogozin, dismissed the impact of the emergency meeting in Brussels: "The mountain gave birth to a mouse."

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10528180&pnum=2

[RedTop]

russia doesn't need nato and could play nato like a tune  right up to the brink of war if it wanted too.

I'd certainly agree with this statement 100 percent.