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@district5198 It is not well documented, as there was no agreement to document. No news article, no speech, no anything.
Who made the promise on behalf of 28 NATO members security? Who made the promise on behalf of US national security? Any such agreement would not be promised over tea between two people.
Such agreements are negotiated for months, if not years and then signed.
The closest thing to an agreement was the NATO-Russia Founding Act, signed in 1997, states that NATO and Russia "will build together a lasting and inclusive peace in Europe, based on the principles of democracy and cooperation." The act also states that NATO "will not deploy significant combat forces permanently in the territories of any new members." Which NATO abided by up until Russia invaded Ukraine.
Despite the lack of evidence, Putin has continued to repeat the claim that NATO promised not to expand to the east. This claim has been used by Russia to justify its military interventions in Georgia (2008) and Ukraine (2014). It is also used by Russia to justify its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
There is no evidence that NATO ever made a promise not to expand to the east. Putin's claim to the contrary is a baseless pretext for Russia's aggressive actions towards its neighbors, nothing more.
Not to mention, once again, Gorbachev has repeatedly said that there was no promise.
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