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“Russia ambivalent about joining NATO”

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Published 04 August, 2009, 00:38

The latest public opinion polls indicate that the Russian people remain split over joining NATO, including a huge number of those undecided, says Ira Straus from the NATO Committee on Eastern Europe and Russia.

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