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DISINFO: NATO expanded aggressively after 1989 // NATO promised not to...

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Eastern Europe EU/NATO enlargement NATO

DISINFO: NATO expanded aggressively after 1989 // NATO promised not to...

SUMMARY

NATO expanded aggressively after 1989 // NATO promised not to move to the East in 1990.

RESPONSE

The claim about NATO "expansion" misrepresents the process of NATO enlargement. NATO does not "expand" but considers the applications of candidate countries which want to join. See: bit.ly/269ONPz;, bit.ly/2e6J8oV;, bit.ly/2eFPg9s, . In any case, no such promise was made bit.ly/1qQ3wHH, . This fact was acknowledged by former Russian President Gorbachev himself in 2014 in an interview for (pro-Kremlin outlet) Russia Beyond the Headlines bit.ly/2a6FHvM, .

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