In a telephone call Monday between Russia's Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu and the U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, Shoigu described the activity of U.S. and NATO troops near Russia's border as "unprecedented." 

According to the official Russian version of the call, his American counterpart assured him the alliance did not have "provocative or expansionist" intentions -- and that Russia should know this. 

But it hardly seems to matter how often NATO makes these assurances. The Kremlin will never trust them. Fear of the Western military alliance's steady march east is deep-rooted. It strikes at the very heart of Russia's national sense of security, a relic of Cold War enmity which has seeped down to post-Soviet generations. 

Ilya Saraev is a 15-year-old pupil at the First Moscow cadet school in Moscow. He thinks long and hard when I ask him about NATO. "I think NATO might be a friend to Russia but there's one point I don't understand: Why it needs to approach the border with Russia more and more," he says. 

Cadet school is an education in patriotism, like something from a bygone era. Besides the regular classes, there are lessons in ballroom dancing. Teenage cadets proudly leading local beauties through the waltz while outside their classmates rehearse the goosestep. 

After the takeover of Crimea, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of behaving in a 19th century fashion in the 21st century. In some ways it's an epithet that seems to ring true here. The children are immaculately mannered and thoughtful. They write to their fellow cadets in Crimea. They say they feel sad there's this tension between brother nations -- Russia and Ukraine.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What does Chuck Hagel do?
2. What is Chuck Hagel's title?
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Q2:
1. Did Chuck Hagel describe something?
2. Did Chuck Hagel give details on something/
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Q3:
1. Who described something?
2. Who gave detail on a situation?
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Q4:
1. Did Sergei Shoigu say that the US and NATO have provocative intentions?
2. Was Sergei Shoigu under the impression that the pairing between the US and NATO was meant to poke at Russia?
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Q5:
1. Who is in their teen years?
2. What is the name of a teenager in the article?
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Q6:
1. Is Ilya Saraev in the army?
2. Is Ilya Saraev a soldier?
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Q7:
1. What is Ilya Saraev?
2. What does Ilya Saraev do?
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Q8:
1. What is taught at the First Moscow cadet school?
2. What type of school is the First Moscow cadet school?
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Q9:
1. Is cadet school a new kind of education?
2. Does the First Moscow cadet school use a revolutionary pedagogy?
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Q10:
1. What is cadet school's education like?
2. How could education at cadet school be described?
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