gordondaviesmoustache
Well-Known Member
This tedious line is always trotted out by people who have been gaslit by Putin. They point to some nebulous agreement that was struck at the end of the Cold War with Gorbachev that, unlike the Budapest Memorandum (which Russia broke when it invaded Ukraine) was mysteriously never reduced to writing, which is just how multilateral agreements routinely operate, of course.Point me at the agreement documents that say nato wouldn’t take in countries near Russia.
Even if it were true (and it’s not) then the trajectory and track record of the Russian state since would make it entirely justified in any event.