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Yet at the same time, as a result of this move, Poland and other former Warsaw Pact states will need reassurance that the US is still committed to their defence -- abandoning this part of the missile system does not mean abandoning them.

The announcement in 2005 of the Nord Stream gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany, a JV of Gazprom and EU firms bypassing countries like Poland and Lithuania, stirred fears in Central Europe by raising the possibility of Russia's pressing its former Warsaw Pact states with gas cut-offs while not disturbing richer clients to the West.

Russia's recent clashes in the Caucasus dredged up bad memories across the former Warsaw Pact countries; in the Czech Republic on Thursday, many of those who lived through the occupation expressed fears that an emboldened Russia would embark on military movements beyond Georgia.

THE momentous year of 1968 saw Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, the musical Hair open on Broadway, The Beatles release The White Album - and a new school open in Eaglescliffe.

The war against the Taliban is supposed to be commanded and controlled by Nato,which was formed to meet the threat posed by the Soviet Union and lost thatrole with the collapse of communism and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact in1991.

Philip Hobbs' string have been in decent nick the last fortnight and the Minehead trainer looks to have found the solution to the TurfTV Handicap Hurdle at Ludlow in the shape of Warsaw Pact.

Of especial interest is the testimony of former deputy commander of the Warsaw Pact, Colonel-General Anatoly Mereshko, who was staff officer to the 62nd Army's commander Chuikov and one of the principal surviving witnesses to historical events.

Romania was one of the few Warsaw pact countries to condemn the invasion.