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30 years in geopolitics and in history is nothing... And I guess many Russian would feel the West, NATO, USA had been expansionist, as they "aggressively" expa
by skitout 6y ago
30 years in geopolitics and in history is nothing...
And I guess many Russian would feel the West, NATO, USA had been expansionist, as they "aggressively" expand their area of influence (colored revolution being one tactic) in Russia backyard, at the expense of Russia and Russian influence...
- takeda 6y agoThat's strange way to put it, when the European countries typically fight to join NATO. In that region no one trusts Russia, and they want to be part of NATO to increase their chances of not being invaded. In fact Ukraine was on track to join it, exactly because they were afraid of Russia.
- skitout 6y agoWell, it make total sense that for example Poland wanted to join NATO. Still, this move was certainly seen as a expansionist and threatening move by the Russian. And the fact the West seems to had informally committed to not enlarge NATO to the East [1] [2] makes the offense worse. And then Poland was not just a lambda NATO country, but a country where USA and NATO actively put a lot of resources that seem threatening in a Russian point of view. If you add to that the "colored revolutions", well, it is clear that the West "actively" "attacked" Russia's zone of influence. Not saying it is good or bad, just trying to describe what happened. [1] https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shifrinson-russia-us-nato-deal--20160530-snap-story.html https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shifrinson-russi... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO#German_reunification_and_relations_with_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO#German_reu...