No one promised Russia there would be no new NATO members. There was only an agreement that there would be no NATO troops in former East Germany. And there aren’t.
Why should only Russia’s concerns be respected? What about Central- and Eastern-European nations that suffered because of Russia for such a long time? Why should these nations suffer again? Do you realize why these nations want (or wanted) to become NATO members? Because they fear Russia. As you can see in Ukraine, their fear was justified.
I believe the West was too lenient on Russia. Russia lost the Cold War. Russia’s economy collapsed. The West should have required de-Communization (and de-despotization) of Russia, but it didn’t. Much of the trouble Russia causes today is a result of this. In my country there are no Communist symbols in public places and no statues of Communist murderers. In Russia, on the other hand, there are plenty of them.
When I want my information on religious issues my first stop is always Bolsheviks and their useful idiot fellow travelers.
You seem to be intellectually shallow to me.
You can very well consider that Russia lost the Cold War but the Russians view it as that they understood that communism and Soviet empire were bad they gave freedom to Europe by moving out.
If you insisted on them feeling defeated, they would change their mind and return to Europe around early to mid-1990s.
Regarding de-despotization, Russia had a thriving democracy between 1988-1993 until Clinton helped his client Yeltsin usurp power and to steal election in 1996.
Putin is a great improvement in terms of rule of law, freedoms, and he was generally the answer to both Yeltsin’s tyranny and failed economy.
Regarding de-communization don’t make me laugh. Only idiots waye wars on statues.