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Russia: The Nuclear Umbrella and the CSTO

Feb 25, 2010 | 17:31 GMT

pose during a group photo session at t The Collective Security Treaty Organisation or CSTO pose for a group picture on December, 10, 2010 in Moscow, Russia.

Armenian President Serge Sargsyan, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Rosa Otunbayeva, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, Uzbek President Islam Karimov and SCTO Secretary Mikolay Bordyuzha pose during a group photo session at the Summit of the The Collective Security Treaty Organization or CSTO on December, 10, 2010 in Moscow, Russia.

(Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)

Nikolai Bordyuzha, secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), said Feb. 25 that Moscow's nuclear umbrella has been extended to other CSTO member countries. Although Bordyuzha is not the Kremlin and his comments are in no way binding, his statement is emblematic of Russia's interest in strengthening the alliance....

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