Russia: The Trudeau government is trying to forge a friendlier relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin regime while also being asked to put soldiers on Russia front line, writes Thomas Walkom, according to The Toronto Star. By Thomas Walkom National Affairs Columnist Fri., June 17, 2016 Ottawa is under pressure from Washington to take command of one of four new NATO battle groups being set up in Poland and the Baltic states to face off against Russia. Petersburg on Thursday. Each is to consist of between 800 and 1,000 troops. But the theory is that the presence of even a small number of North American and Western European troops in these countries would, by acting as a kind of tripwire, deter Moscow. That not enough to stop Russia should it choose to invade its neighbours.
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