Last Monday, Head of State Sarkozy hosted Russian President Medvedev in order to seal the biggest arms sale ever from a NATO country to Russia. ++ In return, France increases its dependence on Gazprom pipelines, undermining all prior American and European efforts to free themselves from the rule of Russian Gas. ++ Washington is targeted as well: “Paris is a major player on the international
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France is attempting to pull Russia into a “common security space” bypassing both NATO and the EU by offering to sell it advanced naval vessels. ++ This looks set to “seriously complicate the security environment for NATO member countries in the Black and Baltic seas.” ++ Paris is attempting to catch up with Germany as Russia’s leading European partner and has also
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