1. He has in other talks, and he has used it as a way to explain away Russia's actions. As though they're an actor with no agency that can only react. 2. "NATO

1. He has in other talks, and he has used it as a way to explain away Russia's actions. As though they're an actor with no agency that can only react. 2. "NATO pushed" is deceptive framing. The countries that joined NATO after 1991 had to lobby hard over many years to get NATO members to agree to expand. Even then the process took forever with MAPs and other interim steps each designed to slow the process down.