December 7, 2007 (October 28), Chinese New Year, Russia to counter U.S. strategic tight cooling relations between Russia and the United States.


December 2007, the NATO - Russia Council meeting held at NATO headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) talking with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (second from left). Lavrov said on that day, the United States to deploy a missile defense system in Central Europe will affect Russia-NATO cooperation in missile defense. (? V history today?? The com) Xinhua News Agency / Reuters
1 late United States has asked to build a missile defense base to resume negotiations with Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia considers the United States to establish anti-missile bases in Eastern Europe and threaten Russia's security interests. Russian-US contradictions thus sharpened. In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized U.S. foreign policy in the Munich Conference on Security Policy, said the excessive use of force by the United States in the world, NATO's eastward expansion threatens Russia's security. In August, Russia resume interrupted the 15-year long-range strategic bombers flying routine combat duty. In December, the Russian naval fleet recovery routine ocean voyage. December 12, Russia officially suspended the implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. Cool relations between Russia and the United States. [TodayinHistory.cn]