Putin’s been in power for over 20 years. He sure is taking his sweet time reestablishing the USSR.
The US has repeatedly broke its promise to not expand NATO “one inch further east” long before Putin decided to respond in kind.
Keep ignoring my main point about our leaders hatred of Eastern European Christian nationalism and the hypocrisy of their “weaken Russia”, “strengthen China” policy, which predates Putin becoming the leader of Russia.
Right, and the treaty that says that is...Another Russian myth.
The only treaty dealing with NATO expansion is the "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany" which bans NATO just from the former territories of the GDR.
Russia according to you it has no imperial ambitions, so it is up to each individual nation whether to join or not join NATO, right?