> A reminder that if we go to get things from the '90, we also have the agreement of non-expansion of NATO to Russian borders. This is a persistent rumour, but

> A reminder that if we go to get things from the '90, we also have the agreement of non-expansion of NATO to Russian borders. This is a persistent rumour, but despite what people want to say even Gorbachev himself says no such promise was made. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2014/11/06/did-nato-promise-not-to-enlarge-gorbachev-says-no/amp/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2014/11/06/did-nato-... But this begs the question, why does the west have to abide by imaginary agreements but Russia is allowed to violate the Budapest agreement?. > When meanwhile NATO has been training in Ukraine on Russian borders for many years https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-military-success-years- https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-military-success-years-... Western is hardly on the Russian border it’s probably the furthest from Russia you could get in Ukraine.