Russia's Lavrov says deployment of NATO troops in Baltics a bad idea

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the deployment of NATO troops in Baltic countries was a bad idea. Russia has long complained that the United States and its allies have encroached into eastern Europe and threatened Russia's national security. (Reporting by Andrew Osborn and Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Alexander Winning and Katya Golubkova)