Not the same... Putin's issue with NATO and Ukraine is appears rational. To understand Putin's claims of betrayal, it is necessary to review the reassurances then US secretary of state James A. Baker made to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a meeting on February 9, 1990. In a discussion on the status of a reunited Germany, the two men agreed that NATO would not extend past the territory of East Germany, a promise repeated by NATO’s secretary general in a speech on May 17 that same year in Brussels.
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/voluntary-compulsory-covid-vaccination
Yeah, so you’re wrong.
Russia is the first country in the world to annex territory as it is fleeing from it.
Not the same... Putin's issue with NATO and Ukraine is appears rational. To understand Putin's claims of betrayal, it is necessary to review the reassurances then US secretary of state James A. Baker made to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a meeting on February 9, 1990. In a discussion on the status of a reunited Germany, the two men agreed that NATO would not extend past the territory of East Germany, a promise repeated by NATO’s secretary general in a speech on May 17 that same year in Brussels.
Which were null and void the moment Russia began to invade and annex other countries. Does Moldova ring a bell? “Transnistria”?
Was it a signed statement in writing? A treaty perhaps?
So no, means nothing. New president, new rules.