Russia joins Nato with a joke

Russia’s first action as a limited partner in Nato was ... a joke.

Tue, 28 May, 2002 - 14:42

Russia’s first action as a limited partner in Nato was ... a joke.

Before the ink dried today on an agreement establishing a new Nato-Russia Council, Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped, ‘‘We should call ourselves the House of the Soviets.’’

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