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Relations between Euro-Atlantic capitals and Moscow have reached an all-time low. As a result, NATO-Russia relations are also continuing to lose momentum. After 20 years of NATO-Russia cooperation, Russian military forces have become a relevant operational partner for neither NATO nor its individual member states. At the same time, the increasing relevance of Asia's "rising powers" is attracting the attention of major Euro-Atlantic players, including Russia itself. With all this in mind, this paper looks into whether Russia still matters to the Alliance.