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Fredy31
Fredy31
1:06 AM
@Nzall well, wasnt he buddy buddy with Trump and Putin?
Anyways, does Turkey have a veto on it?
 
 
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Memor-X
Memor-X
3:34 AM
@Fredy31 i don't think there is a Veto for membership. like if it was Russia would step in and Veto them all the time
 
 
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Wipqozn
Wipqozn
9:19 AM
@Memor-X Turkey is part of NATO though, so they might
 
Nzall
Nzall
NATO membership requires unanimous consent from all member states
Also, Russia isn't a member of NATO
In fact, that's the entire reason why Russia invaded Ukraine: Ukraine had intention to join NATO (even going as far as writing it into their constitution) and Russia didn't want even more neighbors on their country in an enemy alliance
 
 
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Fredy31
Fredy31
12:45 PM
@Memor-X Is Russia member of the European Union?
 
Nzall
Nzall
1:11 PM
@Fredy31 no
 
Elva
Elva
Russia is a member of the Glorious Russian Empire
For real though, are they a part of any like, international thing anymore?
 
Nzall
Nzall
@Elva They're still on the UN Security Council unfortunately. Grandfathered in after the fall of the Soviet Union
Although AFAIK they never did actually have a formal vote on whether Russia was permitted to take over the SU seat
 
 
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MBraedley
MBraedley
3:46 PM
@Elva I think so, with China and North Korea (and maybe others), although Wikipedia isn't helping me much.
Oh wait, I was wrong on China and North Korea
Collective Security Treaty Organization
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO; Russian: Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности, romanized: Organizatsiya Dogovora o kollektivnoy bezopasnosti; Russian: ОДКБ, romanized: ODKB) is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia. CSTO consists of select post-Soviet states. The treaty had its origins in the Soviet Armed Forces, which was replaced by the United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and then by the successor armed forces of the respective independent states. On 15 May 1992, six post-Soviet states belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent...
 

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