Russian and NATO officials have discussed steps against terrorism and piracy an the Russia-NATO summit in November last year.
It was the first open talk of two sides for the last 10 years. The main goal was to finish the so called "cold war" between the Alliance and Russia.
However, even after this big and loud conversation the final decision about main points like missile defence have not been found yet. This week Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said that Russia wants an unambiguous answer from NATO over Moscow's role in a European missile defence shield.
He stated that Russia will deploy nuclear weapons if no agreement is reached.
He stated that Russia will deploy nuclear weapons if no agreement is reached.
Does that mean that relationship between two sides is still very strained?
Here is the comment about this meeting and NATO and RUSSIA relationship of political scientist Natalia Leschenko from the Institute for State Ideologies in London.
