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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 6079380" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#:~:text=Russian%20authorities%20claim%20that%20agreement,only%20be%20made%20in%20writing.[/URL]</p><p></p><p>"The controversy regarding the legitimacy of eastward NATO expansion relates to the aftermath of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1989" target="_blank">Revolutions of 1989</a>, when the fall of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank">Soviet</a>-allied <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_state" target="_blank">communist states</a> to opposition parties brought European <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spheres_of_influence" target="_blank">spheres of influence</a> into question. </p><p></p><p>Russian authorities claim that agreement on non-expansion of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" target="_blank">NATO</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe" target="_blank">Eastern Europe</a> took place orally<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto10-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> and the alliance violated it with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO" target="_blank">its expansion</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto10-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto14-2" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> while the leaders of the alliance claim that no such promise was made<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> and that such a decision could only be made in writing.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto7-6" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto1-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> Soviet President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" target="_blank">Mikhail Gorbachev</a>, who participated in the 1990 negotiations, subsequently spoke out about the existence of a "guarantee of non-expansion of NATO to the east" inconsistently, confirming its existence in some interviews<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a> and denying it in others.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11]</a> Among academic researchers, opinions on the existence or absence of a non-extension agreement also differ.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShifrinson2016-12" target="_blank">[12]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-Shifrinson2014-13" target="_blank">[13]</a>"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 6079380, member: 48469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#:~:text=Russian%20authorities%20claim%20that%20agreement,only%20be%20made%20in%20writing.[/URL] "The controversy regarding the legitimacy of eastward NATO expansion relates to the aftermath of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1989']Revolutions of 1989[/URL], when the fall of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union']Soviet[/URL]-allied [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_state']communist states[/URL] to opposition parties brought European [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spheres_of_influence']spheres of influence[/URL] into question. Russian authorities claim that agreement on non-expansion of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO']NATO[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe']Eastern Europe[/URL] took place orally[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto10-1'][1][/URL] and the alliance violated it with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO']its expansion[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto10-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto14-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] while the leaders of the alliance claim that no such promise was made[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] and that such a decision could only be made in writing.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto7-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-auto1-7'][7][/URL] Soviet President [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev']Mikhail Gorbachev[/URL], who participated in the 1990 negotiations, subsequently spoke out about the existence of a "guarantee of non-expansion of NATO to the east" inconsistently, confirming its existence in some interviews[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-8'][8][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-9'][9][/URL] and denying it in others.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-10'][10][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-11'][11][/URL] Among academic researchers, opinions on the existence or absence of a non-extension agreement also differ.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShifrinson2016-12'][12][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_regarding_the_legitimacy_of_eastward_NATO_expansion#cite_note-Shifrinson2014-13'][13][/URL]" [/QUOTE]
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