From the guy’s own mouth.

  • Serdan@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    What he’s saying is that Putin doesn’t get to dictate which alliances sovereign nations can join.

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      “The background was that President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement. That was what he sent us. And was a pre-condition for not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn’t sign that.”

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        1 year ago

        “Don’t allow others to join your defense pact or we’ll demonstrate why it’s necessary in the first place.”

        Perfectly sane logic. Nothing strange.