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Russia Cuts Military Ties with NATO Allies Amid Hostility

12/7/2025

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On December 6, 2025, Russia published a decree ending military cooperation with Portugal, France, and Canada, signed 1989–2000 and deemed no longer strategically relevant.
The decision reflects Russia's increasingly hostile stance toward NATO and the West, which Russia blames for the Ukraine conflict.
The decree follows July's cancellation of a military-technical agreement with Germany.
Portugal and France back EU proposals to use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine.

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On December 6, 2025, Russia published a decree ending military cooperation with Portugal, France, and Canada, signed 1989–2000 and deemed no longer strategically relevant.
The decision reflects Russia's increasingly hostile stance toward NATO and the West, which Russia blames for the Ukraine conflict.
The decree follows July's cancellation of a military-technical agreement with Germany.
Portugal and France back EU proposals to use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine.