"[President] Putin said Moscow was unilaterally withdrawing from the Soviet-era Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CAFE) because of 'extraordinary circumstances that affect the security of the Russian Federation', the Kremlin said. These required 'immediate measures'... In Brussels, NATO bluntly condemned Russia's decision to abandon the treaty, under which NATO and the Warsaw Pact agreed to reduce their conventional armed forces immediately after the Cold War."

See: Guardian article (2007-07)