Here is a quite detailed article about the Russia-NATO relationship: https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/russia-could-have-joined-nato-but-why-didn-t-they-do-it-

Here is a quite detailed article about the Russia-NATO relationship: https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/russia-could-have-joined-nato-but-why-didn-t-they-do-it-55561 https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/russia-could-have-joined-n... also on Wikipedia too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–NATO_relations#Suggestions_of_Russia_joining_NATO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–NATO_relations#Suggesti...