By JUDY DEMPSEY
Russia is seeking assurances from NATO that any missile defense system the military alliance deploys in Europe will not be directed against the country.
Russia has in the past threatened to place missiles in Kaliningrad — a small area with a population of nearly one million that is sandwiched between two European Union countries, Poland and Lithuania — in response to NATO’s plans to deploy part of its missile shield in Eastern Europe.
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