ABSTRACT
On 12 December 2007 Russia suspended its participation in the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty until NATO member states ratified the modified adapted CFE Treaty and accepted conditions necessary for restoring the viability of the CFE Treaty. The CFE Treaty divided Europe into four geographical zones, in each of which equal limits were established for the treaty limited equipment (TLE) that belonged to the states, which, at the moment of signing, were members of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Finally, if the Russian interpretation of the relationship between a group of states and a military alliance is correct, then Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan and the three South Caucasian states, which now form one of two groups of state parties to the CFE Treaty should be regarded as members of a military alliance, which they are not. The war on Georgia resulted in Russia's military victory and political failure.
