É isso mesmo! Com Putin forte no plano interno, Moscou se volta ao fortalecimento de seus sistemas defensivos… E os russos resolveram convocar uma grande conferência para tratar de seu sistema de defesa anti-mísseis… Quem foi que disse que a Rússia não queria mais projetar poder?

Fifty States to Attend Moscow Missile Defense Conference

06:59 26/04/2012

Participants from 50 countries will attend a missile defense conference in Moscow on May 3-4, Chief of the Russian General Staff, Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov said.

“There will be more than 150 participants from 50 states,” Makarov told journalists in Brussels on Wednesday after the NATO-Russia Council meeting. “NATO’s 28 member states have confirmed their participation.”

The conference, to be held by the Russian Defense Ministry, will also be attended by representatives of China, South Korea, Japan, the CIS and Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) countries.

The proposed U.S.-led missile shield in Europe remains a major source of tension between Russia and the United States, and the Kremlin has threatened to deploy tactical weapons close to Europe if it is not made full partner in the scheme.