Putin warns Poland against US anti-missile shield

"Our experts believe that the systems of anti-missile defense developed in the countries of Eastern Europe are not devoted to defense against Iran or terrorists," said the Russian leader. He also assured that Russia can take care of its security and has missiles capable of piercing any shield. President Putin did not even once mention Poland when he was talking of energy policy. "One considers a concept of constructing the second line of an oil pipeline along the bottom of the Black Sea, which might lead to as far as to Central or Southern Europe," said the Russian leader. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A7) M.M.