Putin: NATO Is A Cold War Relic

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. © RIA Novosti. Grigoriy Sysoev

Putin Calls NATO 'Cold War-Era Relic' -- UPI

MOSCOW, April 11 (UPI) -- Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin Wednesday called NATO a "Cold War-era relic" but said he supported the alliance's role in Afghanistan.

Putin's comments came in his final address to Parliament before his inauguration as president in May, RIA Novosti reported.

"NATO is a Cold War-era relic," Putin, the current prime minister, told State Duma lawmakers. "It was created in times of a bi-polar system of international relations.

"But today's situation is different and it's not clear what an organization like NATO is for."

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My Comment: Europe's debt crisis coupled with massive cuts in government programs .... defense included .... will all but insure that NATO (as we use to know it) will become a relic.