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In the aftermath of the Soviet Union, the newly formed Russian Federation had a problem. Since the late 1940s, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization stood as a military alliance among the most powerful countries on earth, to oppose the USSR’s enormous reach. But in the early 1990s, without control over its former Soviet Empire, Russia seemed relatively defenseless. And so did it’s Eurasian neighbors. This predicament sparked a NATO-like association of post-Soviet states, called the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and from reading our comments lately, it seems like you want to know more about this military group. So, just how powerful is Russia’s largest military alliance, and how does it fare against NATO? Well, the CSTO was formed in...
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In the aftermath of the Soviet Union, the newly formed Russian Federation had a problem. Since the late 1940s, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization stood as a military alliance among the most powerful countries on earth, to oppose the USSR’s enormous reach. But in the early 1990s, without control over its former Soviet Empire, Russia seemed relatively defenseless. And so did it’s Eurasian neighbors. This predicament sparked a NATO-like association of post-Soviet states, called the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and from reading our comments lately, it seems like you want to know more about this military group. So, just how powerful is Russia’s largest military alliance, and how does it fare against NATO? Well, the CSTO was formed in...
