It is being billed as a military exercise, but when Russian and Belarusian forces start Zapad-2017 this week, many neighbouring countries will be looking on nervously.
BBC: Russian Zapad military exercise in Belarus raises tension
Russian deputy Defence minister Alexander Fomin (bottom, R) and Russia's defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov (bottom, L) attend the briefing prior the military exercises Zapad-2017 in the Russian Defence Ministry headquarter in Moscow on August 29.
