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> In particular, [Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov] focused on the Charter for European Security, rooted in agreements reached in 1990. East and West had
by dane-pgp 4y ago
> In particular, [Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov] focused on the Charter for European Security, rooted in agreements reached in 1990. East and West had concurred at the time that every country has a right to freely choose the alliance it wished to be part of
Only in the minds of the most fevered Kremlin apologists is that a promise by NATO not to let other nations join.
- layer8 4y agoYou’re cherry-picking quotes. Also, I’d like to stress that the fact that those assurances were made, and later not adhered to, in absolutely no way excuses Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, or their previous annexation of the Crimea.