Moscow warns Poland about US missile defence system cooperation

On October 3 Russia issued a warning to Poland not to allow the US to set up part of its missile defence system on its territory. The Russian foreign ministry announced that if it did Moscow would take "appropriate measures". Grzegorz Sadowski comments: "It's interesting to note the difference between the tone adopted by the foreign minister and that adopted by the spokesman for the ministry. This strategy ois typical of the Russians. One of them is the good guy who talks about cooperation, respect and friendly relations while the other is the bad guy who threatens with punitive measures. … To which one should one talk and make concessions? With the good one, of course; in this case Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. … However, it's strange that Lavrov, who is well aware how strained relations between Poland and Russia are and who talks about improving them, is at the same time allowing such sharp words to be used in the press."

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