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kentuck

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Wed Mar 2, 2022, 10:53 AM Mar 2022

NATO-Russia relations: the facts

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm


NATO as a "threat"

Claim: NATO's presence in the Baltic region is dangerous
Claim: NATO missile defence threatens Russian security
Claim: NATO is aggressive and a threat to Russia
Claim: NATO enlargement threatens Russia

Promises and pledges

Claim: NATO nuclear sharing and nuclear exercises violate the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Claim: NATO's enhanced forward presence violates the NATO-Russia Founding Act?
Claim: NATO promised Russia it would not expand after the Cold War

NATO's Cooperation with Russia

Claim: By suspending practical cooperation with Russia, NATO undermines security

NATO enlargement

Claim: Russia has the right to demand a guarantee that Ukraine and Georgia will not join NATO
Claim: NATO has bases all around the world

....more at link

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