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by timaios
1109 days ago
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You were repeatedly warned about not expanding NATO to the west, violating promises made to Gorbachev. And you never really ceased to speak of Russia as an "enemy" whereas the Russian government insisted until february 2022 to call you "our western partners". You are disingeneous and hypocrite, or ignorant. |
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No such binding, heritable-by-a-successor-state commitment was ever made, as the Government of Russia, led by people who understand the basic mechanics and norms of international law even if they do not rigorously adhere to them, well knows.
And even if it had been, it would have been repudiated by Russia efforts to join NATO early in Putin’s time as leader.
> And you never really ceased to speak of Russia as an "enemy" whereas the Russian government insisted until february 2022 to call you "our western partners".
The US and NATO called Russia a partner (not just in a general sense, but as a member with others of the NATO Partnership for Peace and with a special relationship through the NATO-Russia Council) up until Russia launched the present unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine in 2014, which was not even the first in the series of similar wars launched against its neighbors.