Russia - Gorbachev comments on NATO expansion
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Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev on Tuesday (15/4) cautioned the US Congress against the planned expansion of NATO. He claimed that it would be a mistake to expand the alliance without an agreement not to deploy nuclear weapons and combat troops in new member countries.
Gorbachev told Congress that the inclusion in NATO of former
Soviet bloc nations Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic could
strengthen conservative sentiment in Russia.
Without naming China, he said a new power was emerging in the
Pacific that needs to be balanced by the US and by a Europe that
includes Russia.
He said he was not convinced by assurances that Russia had
nothing to fear from NATO expansion. In the post-Cold War era,
he said, NATO should not treat Russia as the victorious allies
severely restrained Germany after World War I.
Gorbachev now heads an environmental protection foundation.
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WASHINGTON, DC, USA; 4/15;
Medium shot of Mikhail Gorbachev entering the briefing room;
cutaway of audience;
WS of Gorbachev at podium;
SOT (Russian with English translation ) Mikhail Gorbachev, Former Soviet Leader says, "I believe it's a mistake, it is a bad mistake and I am not persuaded by the assurances I hear that Russia has nothing to worry about";
Cutaway audience;
SOT Mikhail Gorbachev says, "You can not, you may not humiliate a nation, a people and think that it will have no consequences. So my question is, is this a new strategy?";
Medium shot of audience;
rear view of Gorbachev speaking;
SOT Mikhail Gorbachev says, "I feel that if the same kind of games continue to be played, if one country plays some card against the other country then all of those problems, all those issues we have been mentioning today will be very difficult to resolve.";
WS side view of Gorbachev speaking;
CU Gorbachev ends speech,
crowd applauds;
crowd rises to applaud;
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He said same thing in 1989 during malta summit
And Putin said this in Munich 2007
@@krevetka9744 Don't compare Gorbachev with that rat Putin.
It seems Gorbachev's concerns were brushed aside as irrelevant.
No they were terrorist like threats and nato rightly took them very seriously.
@@johnjordan6032 ask the middle eastern countries that were destroyed by the nazi-nato states who the real terrorists are.
@@toyota218921 stay mad lmao
If Russia is terrorist, USA/NATO are Isis. For them peace=no profit
@@johnjordan6032 NATO is divide evendo they try to show how united European nation are. In reality political party have different ideology with each other 😂😂
Well. That aged well.
True! The Soviet Union didnt want Nato to expand but former Soviet countries wanted Nato membership. On the one hand people pretend that the Soviet Union wasnt just Russia and its colonies on the other hand people pretend that any claims of the Soviet Union are now rightfully Russias. Which is it?
What good is a promise to a state that ceases to exist? A promise predicated on the fact that they want to ensure their ability to interfere with sovereign countries. I am glad that my Polish brothers as well as some others are now protected from this fascist regime and its evil people.
@@MR-gz9lm Exactly. It's not about geopolitics or "humiliation". It's about Kremlin thieves who can't steal from Russia any more so they rob another country. Germany and Japan have done well after WW2 despite much worse humiliating defeats.
@@MR-gz9lm I like when Russians describe their country as if it was a senile man that hits everyone with his walking stick that comes too close.
"I told you he's a little aggressive"
@@MR-gz9lm Perfectly put. I've been arguing the same point here in Bulgaria with seemingly intelligent people who fall for this simple Kremlin propaganda that "NATO is a threat to Russia" and "Putin had no choice". Honestly, it drives me nuts sometimes. NATO never wanted to attack Russia and it is even more obvious now, when they have the perfect excuse to do so. It's like people are brain dead and don't seem to realize that sovereign countries are ASKING to join NATO because they are afraid of their powerful, crazy neighbor. It's not that NATO is swallowing them. NATO has an open door policy. As a matter of fact Ukraine and Georgia asked to join NATO in 2008 (if I remember correctly) and were denied, just so Russia won't get pissed. Putin has a completely different agenda in Ukraine and it has nothing to do with NATO, nazi's ro whatever stupid excuse they try to come up. It's about Ukraine's drive to democracy, which would inevitably influence Moscow to rise, which is a huge threat to dictatorship and Putin himself. It's about Russia's biggest naval base on the Black Sea - Sevastopol, which is not owned, but leased from Ukraine, so Putin invaded and annexed Crimea. It's about the discovery of a huge natural gas field in Donbas, which would've made Ukraine gas independent from Russia. Putin started sending troops, weapons and officers to enforce a separatist movement and destabilize the region, so it was impossible to develop the gas field. It's about REAL shit like that, not some fairy tale bullshit about NATO being a threat to Russia or Ukrainians being nazi's.
It did actually.
History is always the same: someone speaks the truth, tries to help, and nobody listens.
"Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer"
@@user-otzlixr Russia would have never do that if Ukraine promised to stay away from Nato
He ain't speaking no truth. His country was responsible for enslaving almost 300million people. His country tried to cover up the worst nuclear disaster on the planet, which almost left most of Europe inhabitab, lHis country were responsible for bringing us to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. The soviet Union were responsible for the west organising a NATO alliance.
@@noodles169 Did you mean the Turkey missile crisis?
And doesn't Cuba have the right to join whichever military treaty it wants?
@@shubhamkumardas1476 Russia has never, ever invaded neighboring countries in the interest of territorial expansions and has never, ever exerted power over its neighbors through force.
And he was right…
Putin has been humiliating russian society for nearly 22 years now
@@daarksideyt дурында тебя блокирует ютуб )
And also a hypocrite
@@supkoopertttt8777
Hahaha, are you serious?
Did you go to the YT police because you don't like his views?
Dude that is weak!
@@supkoopertttt8777 aa a guy whos nose get crushed by russians niceee
"You can not and you must not humiliating a people and a nation without facing consequences"
Kremlin: What you mean comrade? Of course we can!
@@mikicerise6250 that sentence was given to NATO
Well in case of the red indians, there were none ;)
@@가엽-l5r Wait NATO is invading Ukraine right now??? What the heck the news are telling me its russia. Thanks for clearing that up mate
As if humiliating the people of Ukraine and murdering them is without consequences. Ukraine never had any intentions of joining NATO before the invasion. All the countries that already joined are thanking their lucky stars right now and the few non-NATO member countries left are desperately fast tracking their membership.
People only learn with tragedies... warnings are never taken seriously
Couldn't agree more. Russia ignored all warnings, that invading Ukraine will be it's peril, and look what we have!
In a world where nations are free to choose their own path (which includes Russia) you can't have it your way. If your response to not getting your way is to start a war then you're a leader with the mindset of a child. You need to grow up and accept that nations, like people, are free when it comes to matters about their own life. Where I go to shop or eat and the company I keep is my business. Imagine telling me not to go here or there or have certain types of friends or else you'll attack me knowing that you'd never accept these demands/terms from anyone yourself.
@@gFkDYVMx What do we have?
@@BU_IDo Nations cannot be compared to people because the consequences of each nation's actions have far more impact than a single person's.
NATO is a military alliance that is against Russia. Joining it means committing to any military action the organization demands. Russia have legitimate concerns if it keeps growing and if it reaches its borders.
There is a reason why some countries choose to be neutral.
@@gFkDYVMx What an absolutely and blatantly idiotic statement. Kudos for top-shelf indoctrination of your daily manipulated little brain.
He was right.
Russian leaders are cowards. The fear everything including free speech.
He was right that Russia is an insecure bully, that's true.
So what if all of Russia neighbouring countries want to join NATO? They're sovereign countries and have a right to do so.
Sucks for Russia that no one wants to be her friend, but that's the reality.
That doesn't give Putin the right to invade other countries. No matter how much his feelings are hurt.
@@Mussi93 It gives the right. Joining NATO is a posponed declaration of war. And only silly or naive people don't understand that. And a country might apply any steps to protect itself. The USA invaded Cuba in 1961 even though there were no threat from the small island. Putin's behaviour is 100% legit.
@@superdingo9741 Exactly
@@superdingo9741 No, it's not a declaration of war. It's a a protection against Russian imperialism. And the countries that join NATO were right, when we see today how Adolf Putin is acting. He won't stop stealing territories.
1. Russians said "Don't do it! You're getting too close!" - NATO responded in 1999. by expanding to Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic. Bonus: they bombed Serbia without any resolution by UN.
2. Russians said "Don't do it! You're getting too close!" - NATO responded in 2004. by expanding to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
3. Russians said "Dont do it! You're getting too close!" - NATO responded in 2009. by expanding to Albania and Croatia.
4. Russians said "Dont do it! You're getting too close!" - NATO responded in 2017-2020. by expanding to Montenegro and North Macedonia.
5. Russians said "Dont do it! You're getting too close!" - and finally Russians responded.
@HAHXAHAXAHXAHAXDDD I know that you hate the russians because the media told you so, but I encourage you to go to Ukraine, then tell me how the russians are losing the war. Of course, there are some setbacks, but the russian army is still gaining more ground in Ukraine and they might achieve their goals no matter what cost it takes. We can only judge once this conflict has ended.
Just add above point 0 - NATO in 90s (now many documents disclosed in Europe) clearly stated NO eastward expansion at all. This position was accepted even on internal level so actually it WAS CHANGED and Russia's belifs was ruined by following deeds.
@HAHXAHAXAHXAHAXDDD the longer the war the more victims. You like more people killed both sides??? That's not the game boy. Don't be someone's tool. I'm very sad.
@@Тимофей-х7я7в People don't hate the Russians. The problem is Putin and his aggressions in Grozny, Georgia, Crimea, Donbas, Ukraine.
What is Putin going to do in Ukraine? Will he subjugate the Ukrainians that don't want him definitely?
@HAHXAHAXAHXAHAXDDD So Russia is guilty not invading Baltic states in 1999 ? Russia is guilty of trust to West for 20 years? Russia looks always guilty so Putin decided to solve the real problem he declared 20 years ago now not in next 20 years. We don't want them even think of taking Russia down. We want to live in peace with all neighbours but not irresponsible militarized puppet states with distorted moral. Putin you see him now is direct result of NATO/US craziness. Russia would be much better for russians if not this continuously growing pressure. Listen to real US thinker(2015!!!) not propaganda - ruclips.net/video/JrMiSQAGOS4/видео.html
Gorbachev being a gentleman thought he was dealing with gentlemen. It served as an example to those who came after that the west won't listen to gentle argument as they are exceptional..... And now we are in an exceptional mess.
He is too good of a person. That is why he was dethroned, I believe.
He was just stupid and naive as fuck or just didn't care. Also, he once said that destruction of the Warsaw Pact and socialism was his goal all the time. He achieved his goals allright.
@@bololollek9245 To be fare, Yeltsyn wasn't that bad at the 90s. He became a drunkard after 1993
Maybe Gorbachev believed in the common propaganda that the west was THE institution of integrety and highest morale standards.
Always bad when you are harshly awakened from a sweet dream.
@@abyrvalg_ I understood he had a brain disease which made him appear as if he was drunk ... There is such a condition, an old friend of mine died that way ...
The problem with knowing history is that you cant take most MSM seriously when they discuss current events
It's a shame most others do.
@@roystevenson7097 I blame this on the US arrogance, because they didnt think that other nations have interests too.
@@nahumhabte6210 i would rather have America as the super power than China or some other country
yep. commenting in hope that "the ytb algo" will recommend this video.
@@arfenmalik1717 yankee lover
How you approach to handle a crisis is very crucial , because if it does not take the consideration of other side perspective and filling in their shoe space to understand consequently come to a moot point , then all friendly dialogue and diplomacy is simply vain
if NATO advanced it will be the to russia also
Oh my poor darling
@Esphaeras Praestans Indeed correct. Especially ppl in Baltic states must thank all the gods that they managed to join NATO when they did. Since otherwise they would be the next targets. And now even Finland and Sweden, aka 2 of the most neutral european countries, are seriously considering joining. As they should.
@Esphaeras Praestans I wish your diseased brain get well soon . Remind me of a time when your so called territories and NATO and US wanted a friendly relationship with Russia and had took any initiative to boost ties .
There is an old adage- what you sow ,so shall you reap
American greed and arrogance has no bounds. Treading on the necks of others to get higher is all they know.
I guess he got the same treatment as Putin in 2007 and 2008: just ignore him and he'll go away.
Not even close bub.
Putin wasn't ignored, at least not by the Europeans. After Nato's 2008 Bucharest summit which agreed that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually become members of Nato, France and Germany have consistently blocked every further step towards their accession.
@@azounx You're missing the point here!!! Russia asked USA (the main actor in NATO) to block accession to NATO, and has warned since 2005 that he will NOT accept Ukraine becoming a NATO state. The European partners never even wanted Ukraine to be a part of NATO, let alone join the EU (which Ukraine has failed every requirement of the treaty of Maastricht!) USA deliberately refused to make it public, which further enraged Russia. Guess what we have today!
@@azounx France and Germany have a say in NATO same as a pig does in a slaughterhouse. None
@@azounx russua is asking europ as 3th side in deal wich was done by ukraine and russia "Minsk aggreement".
They are lookin on side for 8 years. Putin was asking them to respect it but nothing... and now we got what we got. I would say becouse west is ignorant or what is more possible they actualy like this. Let the Slavs kill each other...
But however i hope USA politcs games wont last much longer
And now it’s too difficult nearly impossible to resolve. It’s gone past madness.
@@daarksideyt Most human behavior is multifactorial in origin. Yeah, it's believable that the Russians have security concerns and that their national pride has taken a hit. On the other hand, Putin has a history of being egregiously self-centered and ambitious, and he doesn't mind killing large numbers of civilians. He will subjugate Eastern Europe if permitted to do so.
@@daarksideyt Yeah, let's just accept the reasonable Russian demands to attack whomever they want whenever they want. Appeasing dictators has worked so well in the past for us, I am sure it's gonna work on Putin too...
@@daarksideyt USA has that military spending. Europe doesn't. The last time I checked USA has no territory on our continent. Baltic states would stand no chance against Russia without NATO backing them, that's just a fact, even if we are accounting for the shambles russian military is in. It has every basis in reality, just you and other pro-russian trolls would rather lick the boot of dictators and mass murderers of their own people than stand against them. Berlin won't be next, nobody is even saying that. We are simply saying that without NATO, there would be nothing stopping Russia and its ambitions before they would get to Germany's borders.
There was no threat. The threat was only in Putin's head as the paranoid megalomaniac he is. The west didn't even care about Russia, let alone was threatening it. Russia's reaction is to an imaginary threat, hmmm what is that reminscent of? Totally not of one little sad guy with sad mustache.
Cold war is over, USSR is no more. Russia has no say whatsoever anymore in who all of us in central-eastern Europe wish to join. The wishes of 170M ppl living here to seek protection are higher than wishes of 140M Russians to have their empire back. You might not like it, Russia might not like it, you might protest against it, but that's all you can do about it.
@@Jefffrrry kind of like what US/NATO have been doing. Lol US/NATO have invaded ,bombed more countries and people than Russia has post USSR.
@@iamarussianbot3788 Funny how you limit it only to their post-USSR days when they were weak :D The rest doesn't fit your agenda I guess. But ok, let's play, half of those NATO/US wars and campaigns happened with full mandate of the UN (to which Russia agreed too lol), or were considered legitimate by UN itself even if full mandate was not there. Some of the others were questionable and ppl in the West protested against those a lot. The fact remains that all of those wars were waged against dictators murdering their own people just to cling on to power or to prevent ongoing genocides. You can read the international reports on those. Meanwhile who did Russia attacked? Ppl who wanted to break free from it or ppl who wanted to break free from their sphere of influence :) But please, by all means, continue relativizing this just as russian propaganda wants you to.
Gorbachev's policies of trusting the west and mainly the US too much, which lead to the catastrophic situation that we have today.
To good a human being... Tragic
he shouldn't have trusted the militaro-industrial complex of the U-S, Na-to and the west.
We became an empire of lies.
@@wertyuiopasd6281 What do you expect from a man like Gorbachev who didn't respect his position as GSCPSU (general secretary communist party Soviet Union) ends up doing adverts for pizza just that itself is disgusting and degrading to his political carrer.
@@a.p.3004 Yeah, why can't he be more manly like the manly man Putin. Riding horses half naked, suppressing dissidents, destroying his countries economy, you know, manly stuff!
@@初日の出_初日の入り putin is a war criminal...but US would sink Russia if they get a chance let's be honest
Smartest man in the room, and the deaf West did not listen.
"Perhaps they never will..."
The smartest man in the room would not have been trying to save communism 6 years after it was clear it would all implode.
@@anthonyfuqua6988 My bet is he smartened up after six years.
@@Vincent-qh7zz He's the least ruthless Soviet leader ever. Even gave up power. I was 10 when he dissolved the Soviet Union so he's the only one I remember besides Yeltsin and Putin. He was a pragmatist and not an orthodox communist. Had history been different he could have been a much more revered figure than he is. In the West he is revered. In Russia, mostly, he is seen as a failure. Reviews are at least mixed.
@@anthonyfuqua6988 I agree 100%.
The translation to English is quite poor in that video.
And it happened, and you say what's a supprise!
It was a surprise, even to John Mearsheimer. It wasn't a surprise to former soviet states, like Poland, who have warned Germany not to become too dependent on Russian gas. NATO expansion was not a provocation or humiliation, but fear of a stronger Russia by former Soviet states. Putin uses this as an excuse.
@@andrezcabara2774 NATO expansion is a treat, provocation and humiliation. NATO created to destroy Russia.
@@АлександрВойкин-т5ф NATO was no threat; Macron even called it "brain dead" just before Russia invaded Ukraine, as few believed NATO had a purpose anymore. What exactly was a provocation? Poland joining NATO? Latvia joining NATO? Romania joining NATO? It was their call. They felt Russia was a threat. NATO was created as a defensive system. Nobody wants to destroy Russia. Look at Germany. When Putin came into power, he was speaking in front of the Bundestag. He got standing ovations. Germany has gone a very Russia-friendly route, making stronger economic ties over two decades. If Russia had not invaded Ukraine, Germany would have moved forward with Nordstream 2. Nobody wants to destroy Russia. We even want close and friendly ties with Russia. But that's difficult to do when Russia invades another European country. I saw an excerpt of a Russian TV show where the host now asked if it's justified to fire missiles into Berlin, as Germany has approved sending tasks to Ukraine. Russia is the aggressor, not NATO. Did you really feel that NATO was about to invade Russia? Russia is a wonderful country. But, Russia has invaded a sovereign country. What did you expect would happen?
@@andrezcabara2774 'NATO expansion was not a provocation or humiliation, but fear of a stronger Russia by former Soviet states.' NATO expansion is a provacation, a humiliation and those countries joined NATO in part because their fear of Russia.
Gorbachev is telling the truth.
Should've heeded his advice back then. Too late now.
"Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer"
Yeah. And all Western propaganda blames Putin. Although Gorbachev himself, who gave Europe freedom, said this in 1997.
@@daarksideyt Be careful when you go to the supermarket tomorrow, lest you look at someone wrong and you 'force' them to punch you in the mouth. 'Forcing' people to do things is a dangerous business.
@@SS-qu7vf I know, right? It's almost as if Putin's Russia had started a war with Ukraine, rather than the West. We should all be more understanding with Putin. After all, if you feel threatened even though you haven't been attacked, you are then justified in going and attacking an innocent third party that was not even the one (you thought was) threatening you in the first place. And it's not your fault at all. Makes complete sense. For a mobster, maybe.
Funny how this is being recommended at the time. Artificial intelligence
People have probably looked up the right keywords hahaha
It’s science not magic.
and before this i got "Gadhafi meets Putin" recommended, down with FED, down with NWO, lets go bois
The only person in that room who understood the gravity of what Mr. Gorbachev was saying was that photographer.
a minute chuckling for that
Wait, the photographer? Why? I missed the joke.
When the sovjet union collapsed NATO should have given Russia the opertunity to join immediately.
It would have taken away any legit concerns about russia's safety as NATO members do not invade or wage war on eachother. And what is more, the majority of the wiold would guarantee Russia's safety.
And in the process we could get rid of all nukes at once.
@@rezet7670 Russia actually asked about joining NATO
@@rezet7670 Bullshit!!
Putin already made very clear in 2000 that he wanted to join the EU and NATO!
The Americans have held that off!!
NATO constitutes a system of collective security, whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by ANY external party.
@@classesanytime my first sentence literally says why america wouldn’t let russia join
@@rezet7670 That doesn't appear here though!
Quote first sentence: To start that NATO was created to defend ...
Very good idea and the Russians did ask Clinton about joining NATO, but he pushed them away by saying that "Russia is too big".
I think that the US would have been afraid of having competition within NATO.
What a perfect time to be recommended
It was clear that NATO could not expand eastward indefinitely, but one day it would hit the limit. No tree grows in the sky. It was incredibly stupid and irresponsible to provoke a Russian bear in this way.
Well our beloved globalists had had to hit the wall first in oder to understand. 😂
We’ll never know if it was stupid or great foresight.
Putin has shown and communicated since the beginning a clear desire and belief in a Russian nationalism which is largely defined by imperialistic aims in the old soviet sphere.
Hard to say, but west could have found itself in a much weaker position if Russia was allowed to reassert control / influence in majority of its old sphere…
@@freeadvice1695 great foresight my ass. America and NATO promised not to expand eastward and do so anyways, how could you expect Russia to uphold anything on their side of agreement? If anything, history has shown that autocratic regimes are capable of changing into some form of democracy, cue Japan, Korea and Singapore. It was exactly this breaking of promise sowed deep distrust in Kremlin towards Western systems and preventing Russia from getting democratised further.
NATO and America is just as responsible as Russia for the war over Ukraine.
@@maplewong2638 , I'm 55 yo russian and I agree 500%. Except letting Russia to develop civil society in piece NATO was pressing 20+ years to ruin the trust. Autocracy of Putin now is direct result of external pressure. All western propaganda started not now but after Putin's speech in Munich 2007 and Russia's refusal of Energy Charter to block free west access to natural resources and pipelins. They irresponsibly lie permanently on crazy Pitin's intentions with most of western media . Unfortunately Ukraine now is a tool. That's immoral cruel manipulation.
@HAHXAHAXAHXAHAXDDD клоун.
Prophetic words from the real deal.
time was over..it’s time to pay consequence.. when your arrogance cant perceive concern of your enemy then tragedy is inevitable... history always repeat itself..
Well said
Well, Russia is paying the consequences for their aggression in Ukraine.
Hell, they're still paying the consequences for allowing Putin to be in power for such a long amount of time.
"You see that where you have leaders that rule for 20 years or more you see what happens around them. The only thing that is important in such situations for those leaders and people around them is holding onto power. I believe that this is something that is happening now in our country.” -Mikhail Gorbachev
@@nonegone7170 You clearly haven't understood a thing yet.
0:45 you may not humiliate a nation and think there'll be no consequences."
- Gorbachev speach to US Congress
How exactly is accepting Hungary, Czechia and Poland humiliating the Russian nation? Some pussies are those Russians
Russia is not a special need baby. Russia today is cheap gas station
f*** ruzzia
@@Blanka1100a stupid comment by a stupid individual
@@Blanka1100 Good luck getting that cheap gas now.
Well, either he was a psychic or we have been fooled by our politicians and the media...
"Education is not memorizing
that Hitler killed 6 million Jews.
Education is understanding
how millions of ordinary Germans
were convinced that it was required.
Education is learning how to spot
the signs of history repeating itself."
-Noam Chomsky
#FreeJulianAssange
Important words were said, but as we can see no one took them serious
What should have been done about it? NATO should have rejected Poland, Estonia, other former Soviet satellite states because Russians felt "humiliated"? Note: They felt humiliated, not threatened. However, former Soviet satellite states felt threatened, and that was the motivation to join NATO. If Ukraine had joined NATO, there were be no war and Russia would be no smaller than it is now. NATO did not destroy the USSR, and it certainly was no threat to Russia.
@@andrezcabara2774 Yes. NATO should've stopped existing along with Warsaw Pact. US shoud've built healthy peaceful relationship with Russia instead of unilaterally withdrawing from ABM treaty and starting new cold war. There is absolutely zero evidence that Putin wants to conquer any of the neighbors. This narrative is just a corporate media construct.
@@krevetka9744 First, it's not about "Putin". When the Soviet Union collapsed, there was a lot of uncertainty what happens next. There's nothing wrong with keeping a defensive plan in case someone in Russia wants so make "Russia great again". The Warsaw Pact was resolved because countries like Poland, Romania, Latvia wanted to join Nato. And why do you think that is? You're aware that in 2014 Russia annexed Crimea. Wasn't that a sign that Putin does not respect international borders? And what about now, after the invasion of Ukraine? Again, Putin not respecting international borders. Finland now considers joining Nato, and Finland had good relations with Russia. Actually, so had Germany, until recently. There was zero evidence before 2014. But it's 2023 now. Putin has twice ignored international borders. TWICE. Also, the "media" did not construct this narrative. Russia's media wants Russians to believe that the West is out to destroy Russia. Now that's a false narrative. But it's necessary to convince the Russian people of that to make sense of this war. And given that there's no free speech in Russia, you're not worried that the "truth" is covered up? Russians can't protest against the war without fear of being put in prison. Russian media can't criticize Putin or the Russian government without fear of being shut down (or somehow fall out a window or being poisoned). But, you're concerned with the West's "corporate media construct"? Nope, the West wants a healthy, strong, and peaceful Russia, and not destroy it. And if you start mentioning western sanctions; they were consequences for Russia not respecting borders. Imagine Putin had respected borders. People would even more question NATO's mission, as they had before 2014 and 2022. Remember Macron saying "NATO is brain dead"? Maybe it was. But, Putin's actions gave NATO a new purpose. Blame Putin, not NATO.
@@andrezcabara2774 delusional.
@@tiendinh2554 so apparently countries shouldn’t be allowed to join NATO because they dont want to be colonised by Russia, who is delusional here? Denying a country’s right to exist and defend itself?
I like how they cut the video at the park where he was speaking about 1991's assurances😂😅 they jumped to another portion of the speech quickly😅
I had exactly the same thought, was looking for the whole speech. Didn't find it.
Wise words. We all know that Putin just reacted to western provocations..
Provocations which included European countries to decide whether or not they want to join NATO. Provocations, my ass.
@@johnkramer295 I understand that you lack basic geopolitical and historical knowledge, but I will try to explain. Immagine Mexico becoming an ally of Russia, with the possibility of having nuclear weapons pointing towards Washington and New York. We all know, that the USA would never accept that - rightly so. The exact same thing is happening over there. But, I repeat, if you lack proper background information, you'll be always fooled by the media😅😅😅
@@truthgambit who needs to read a book... it is OBVIOUS... Compare West Germany to East Germany, South Korea to North Korea...Eastern Europe to Western Europe... Look at Japan to Cuba... Every country under the influence of the Kremlin...totally pathetic...every country within the sphere of USA influence... Economic powerhouses and strong democratic values... Hahahhahaha
@@SantoTrafficanteBoss You understand nothing really. The Cold War is over. And USSR lost. We in the former Eastern Bloc had every right to decide our own future. We chose the West after suffering under Russia/USSR for over 40 years not being able to leave their sphere of inflluence. When a country wanted to, like Hungary or Czechoslovakia, their own allies led by Russia invaded them. Warsaw Pact is the only alliance in history that kept attacking and bullying its own members, think about that, maybe then you will understand :D Maybe Russia should've been a better friend to its neighbors and not invading every single one of them at least once since WW1, maybe then countries would want to join them willingly and Russians wouldn't have to cry that nobody except other sad dictators like them. It's their own fault, not USA's, not NATO's. Joining NATO is the best decision eastern Europe has ever done, it kept Russia out, finally. Go ask Georgia or Ukraine how well neutrality has worked for them.
@@dishdog215 in fact, you are and you will remain ignorant as f*ck. You are living without really living, if you believe what you wrote. Poor ignorant boy.
Ukraine should have been neutral. That would have been the best decision for ukraine, the west and russia. A buffer state
Ukraine was neutral, not part of the Russian Federation or NATO. The people of Ukraine preferred the west to Russia for obvious reasons (and even more so now) and then Russia decided to invade.
@@Edward-qe8xg 😂😂😂
How could Ukraine stayed neutral when Russia invaded Crimea and Donbass in 2014?
@@Edward-qe8xg Russia also invaded after we accepted Ukraine's application to nato. Imagine now an article 5 triggered with nato.
Let's be very honest, is ukraine of strategic importance to the west? No.
Is it to russia? Yes.
Don't play a losing hand.
We would've needed russia against china, iran and other. We could've make better choices.
@@pascaldesjardins9835 Russia needs to be dismantled, that will be good even for russians and all the neighbours around it, world will have at least another 20 years of golden age as it was in 90s. At present its a rotten empire from 20th century that holds various peoples as hostage in 21st. China more or less acts according to international laws, even Iran does not look like total moron now, while russia is totally unpredicted, changing world borders as it wants, thays why it needs to be handled
I expected it to be cut and stitched together like "I think... NATO... is... great" :D
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LOL!!!
That version is on BBC and CNN
Mhm…
Lol, me too
This should be uploaded again with a more precise translation. Basically he predicted what has unfolded with the 'Ukraine' conflict...
Gorbachev was naive to trust the West on the status of NATO regarding Eastern Europe. With the fall of the USSR, NATO recklessly expanded eastwards breaking the Malta assurance.
Have not heard Gorbachev's opinion on latest developments..I imagine his in a spin between supporting his NATO friends and Putin undoing the back-stabbing/betrayal that resulted in USSR breaking up.
@@lorenzo6868 The west has more money to throw around and a far more effective media apparatus so have a far better salesman pitch...underneath all of that its 6 in 1 half dozen the other...both NATO/CSTO are led by major powers (US/Russia respectively) who want to maintain a sphere of influence preferably at the expense of the other and any other potential rivals. If the USA could have basically scrubbed Russia out of existence without the American people possibly overthrowing their own government they would have most likely. NATO is not much use against China (other than US/Canada, all countries are too far away) so the fact it still exists despite USSR collapse shows its about making sure Russia does not rise again...the freedom/democracy thing is just a façade to keep the masses on side and through the multi-billion media industry seems to be working a treat, people are so use to the propaganda they are convinced they are making the choice freely even if their not really.
@@lorenzo6868 if you can't understand the issues here, maybe its time to do your tiktok video
@@andrewmckenzie292 also he is 90 something so probably he is done with everything just want to rest and live his lasts days just chilling
@@lorenzo6868 can you not talk on behalf of nations you aren't part of?
In 1991 Gorbachev affirmed Russian commitment to the Helsinki protocols which was that each country had the right to the freedom to decide their own foreign policy.
Except some countries aligned to the US feel that they have to obligation to follow international law and multilateral institutions...so it pushes other nations to abandon such and see them as obstacles the same way the West sees such instruments
Didnt the prime ministers of some of the nato countries REASURE they would never move an inch eastward to Gorbachev but backpeddled on the promise when he had no power anymore.
Well shit
@@10aerkhembileg84 NATO diplomats assured Soviet Diplomats in diplomatic channels about not expanding towards eastern berlin. That's it. There were only 2 or 3 exchanged letters.
Firstly, these were non-binding agreements. They were presented to maintain the status quo of the time. Secondly - it only talked about Eastern Germany. Once Poland and the Baltics regained independance, Germany reunified completely and the Soviet Union crumbled - the circumstances changed. Hell, once Poland, Czechs and the later - the Baltics joined NATO (The US didn't want them at first, but there was an open door policy) - Putin didn't even object.
Hell, even Putin himself wanted to join NATO.
Only now the Russians are pulling out these obscure mail exchanges and creating a narrative that NATO is evil and has betrayed Russia. This is bullshit.
@@Envojus i guess i need to read up on it again
Peace with Russia, Not against Russia
Peace for the people of Ukraine. Freedom for the people of Russia. The only person who wanted war was Putin.
You cannot deal with Russians as you dealt with the indigenous peoples of north america
NATO never ever touched an inch of Russia. We actually invited them as an observer in NATO in the 90's. USA helped USSR with a lot of equipment during WW2.
@@la7dfa I am not going to spend time with you because you seem too elementary
@@la7dfa he means the Native Americans
@@gabrielacobian9137 Yeah, us westerners are way too elementary to see the difference between a conqueror like Hitler and a conqueror like Putin. To us they both look the same, one was murdering people to the east and the other is murdering people to the west.
@@gabrielacobian9137 Some truths are simply elementary, my friend. Not every bad thing done is equally as bad as another. Not everything is relative. And the simple truth here remains that every single one of the eastern European countries had tons of reasons why never again be a part of russian sphere of influence. We tried it and it sucked. We ourselves decide our own fate, not Russia or their apologists. And we chose the only alliance that can protect us from falling into that same shitty sphere ever again.
After 30 years, Gorbachev is still a brilliant man.
nope
do you have any idea what happened after the fall of the ussr
@@azael2078 It was not his fault that the likes of Putin and the oligarchs came along.
@@VincentRE79 partially was
the blame can go to khrushchev, brezhnev, gorbachev, the US, and yeltsin
@@azael2078 He bought the USSR to an end little did he realise how many criminals would emerge after this and people like Putin trying to bring the USSR back to life when no one wants it.
I don't know, a brilliant man? It's not really that brilliant to inadvertently bring a collapse to the very country he was governing :DD That doesn't mean I am not grateful for that happy accident, the world is really a better place without USSR in it.
A lot is missing and Cut … dont like that
Serbian defence minister said :” You did not just poke the bear, You kicked him in the nuts… What did You think was going to happen???” Wise man.
Exactly! And look at what is happening now.
When meet bear , no kick his balls.
Chop his head.
Talk with bear is useless.
He speak only bear language.
Someone is going to have to put down the bear
✨💎 Bravo! Doesn't that sum the situation up ever so well. Trouble is _THIS_ bear has the A-bomb 🐻 🚀
Stupid reference, we have guns against a bear.
America always wanted to punish Russia but they found a president with balla long live Russia long live Vladimir Putin
Meh, America didn't care about them. Their main concern was to expand their sphere of influence. And after the USSR and it's satellites fell there was plenty of expansion to be had in Europe.
no
No one listened, they act surprised now....
No, it's Russia that never understood that all these countries never wanted to be a part of Russia's corrupt system. Now Russia acts all surprised that there's resistance in Ukraine. I for one am really happy that my small country joined NATO to get protection from this violent bully.
@@Jackissimus you dont understand that not all want democracy i learned democracy by Nato bombed my school on a school day
@@TheNbnitro You are mistaken, I understand that. Not all countries want democracy, I respect that. But my country wants democracy. Ukraine wants democracy. Most of all, we all want peace, and we want Russia to leave us alone.
No, they probably did, and decided that other countries have a right to their own independent foreign policy.
@@Jackissimus aaa yes you can be like finnland democracy and peace without nato but how you want democracy with the corrupt goverment
Russia is not Iraq, or Libya...or even Palestine .
Yep, only in Syria, Ukraine, Central Africa, Mali, Chechnya, Georgia etc
Central Africa? - bu~llshit! Mali - bu~llshit! Even Syria - bu~llshit! Chechnya is into the Russia. Russia only invaded its western neighbors such as Ukraine, Georgia, Russia has never invaded its southern neighbors like Kazakhstan or Mongolia or China because nato comes from the west to the east. Even dumbest person on earth understands that no country wants a military alliance on their border
amazing that Gorbacev confirmed and warned tha NATO expansion was wrong and breach of earlier commitment not one ince to east.
The view count on this is horrendously low. Congratulations all, for finding the truth behind our modern horror. Doesn't it leave such a sour taste?
And that truth is Russia threats NATO not to interfere with the Russian empire's future authoritarian expansion by letting countries in the eastern bloc choose to be democratic and free. Solid proof Russia is run by assholes.
@@johnjordan6032 lol
The only thing that leaves a sour taste here is how many people would deny sovereign democratic peaceful nations the very basic right to choose their friends just so we could appease yet another paranoid dictator. And the real modern horror is how so damn effective russian propaganda is even in countries that were never a part of Soviet/Russian sphere of influence.
@@Jefffrrry yes just like US denied the right to many(read all) sovereign nations to purchase oil from Iran/ Venezuela.
Keeps destroying sovereign nations around the world in name of 'liberation'only to leave them worse thereafter (Guess we can add Ukraine to this list as well)
Just like how US literally wanted to nuke the shit out of Cuba for having relationship with the Soviets, etc.
For a nation which uses 'sanction' as a way to affect geopolitics and sovereign relations, that's a rather strong virtue signalling.
And before you come out to play it all as a 'whattaboutism' let's be clear NATO is a military alliance period and it's sole purpose is to keep the Russians at bay if anything one should be surprised why did they kept quiet after all these year's of expansion and decimation of Warsaw pact.
Maybe they were truly weak and didn't want no war but NATO's imperialism never stopped.
@@amanjha5916 Wow, so much revisionism and relativizing packed into one post, ngl, kinda impressive. But not even gonna react to the poor attempts at rewritting history, would change nothing anyway.
However we can say NATO is doing a really good job at that, isn't it? As it turned out strength is the only thing that can stop Russia. If you're Russia's neighbor and stand alone? You are free clay. Decimation of Warsaw Pact tho... as a citizen of a former Warsaw Pact country I almost shed a tear :DD But if it's all the same to you we think we'll stay in NATO, thank you very much, we quite like it here. We were forced to try what Russia's sphere of influence is like, it sucked, we don't wanna try that again. And nobody, not Russia, not you, not any other pro-russian tool can tell us what we and the rest of the former Eastern Block can do ;)
You know who also didn't want any war? Ukraine. But they were not part of NATO, so that means up for grabs whenever Russia feels like it. Except they horribly miscalculated.
A wise man who was ignored. During the Cold War NATO forces were no closer to Russia than West Germany and that was a tense time. Now after NATO expansion there are NATO forces all along the borders of Russia. I'm not justifying Putin's criminal act in Ukraine but is it surprising that things turned ugly? How would the US feel if Russia had mechanized forces in Mexico? This could escalate out of control quickly.
This Countries wanted to join NATO US or already existing countries didn't coerce or bully them to join NATO they made their own decisions as sovereign nations whats wrong with that
The neighboring countries of Russia joined NATO because of Russia.
What criminal act , defending his country .They were coming after Russia and Putin knew it .. he pre-empted the attack ..
@@sathvikraomp2006 I don't dispute that. But you have to admit there were some unintended consequences from NATO expansion and the US did not heed the warnings of Gorbachev or Yeltsin.
@@sathvikraomp2006 was this logic used for Cuba by Americans?
Russia wanted to join NATO in the early '00s and it was turned down. Perhaps it should have tried joining the EU. That would really be the dream for both Russia and EU.
There are a number of problems that make it difficult for the EU to accept Russia and even make it impossible. This is an intra-European division of labor with quotas for products. All countries that have joined in recent years have been forced to sacrifice their high-tech industries in order to please the requirements of the EU. Europe will simply dismantle Russia for parts. Madeleine Albright is often quoted as saying that it is enough for Russia to leave a population of 12 million people to maintain pipelines. I do not think that Russia will agree with such a role. Moreover, the so-called new European values, which the EU is strenuously imposing on everyone, are unacceptable to Russia. They cherish traditional values.
@@ДедПихто-м9в I mean, i understand your points. But wouldn't Russia, with 160mn people and the largest army and nukes in Europe, be the most powerful nation within the EU?
I also understand suspicions about the EU's motives but it also can't be denied that it has been instrumental in keeping peace in Europe until now and generally, people's living standards in the member nations have increased over the years.
If EU refuses to admit Russia then I can understand why Russia is very suspicious about NATO expansion on its borders. I think another roadblock is that Russia has a huge population and borders with China, north Korea and a Eurasian economic union with central Asia which EU would find difficult to manage.
@@BinaryRex18 The idea of a “Greater Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok” has taken shape since 2015 as a business initiative. There is a board of this initiative, which brings together many organizations in Europe, seminars and conferences are held. But nothing practical has yet been implemented due to political opposition (primarily from the United States) and the weak subjectivity of Europe, which is in fact occupied by the United States. This can be seen in the example of the Nord Stream 2 project. NATO is also not enthusiastic about this initiative, since it needs Russia as an enemy to justify its existence.
@@ДедПихто-м9в yes it's sad. Though I'm not from Europe, I think it would be good for the world if Europe as a whole could form a closer political and economic union. You guys would be the 3rd superpower in the world rivalling USA and China. But that probably won't happen any time soon unfortunately.
No government changes when it feels humiliated and knows that its legitimate security concerns are not taken seriously. As a citizen of the United States, I deplore my government's inability to see the situation from Russia's point of view. The use of harsh sanctions is a form of warfare that I also deplore. After Biden withdrew from Afghanistan, I wondered how long it would take before the US would need to find another area of the world to meddle in, so as to keep feeding the rapacious appetite of the military-industrial-Congressional complex. I am sad to say that Biden has found it.
Unfortunately the US & NATO have been progressively backing putin into a corner for the past 15+ years. Nevermind biden. This was planned by the permenant D.C. government long ago. And it is no small co-incidence that once syria & afghanistan had worn out their usefullness to the US, putin finally snaps, & suddenly the Media is willing to show us a few things during war in ukraine, after keeping us in the dark for 15+ years. Our "government" or rather _ANIMAL HOUSE, D.C.,_ knew it was only a matter of time before putin would be forced to act
Is it really that hard to figure out? Nevermind any interpretations of his "real motives;" their opinions about him, how many innocents among the Russian People he's murdered. All anti-putin propaganda aside, #1: putin is still responsible for the sovereignty of his country. He & he alone bears ultimate responsibilty for protecting russia & it's borders. #2: putin is also responsible for protecting his country from nuclear threats... All the US has done is gradually park more nuclear missles in more places (NATO countries). Once ukraine expressed desire to join NATO, he could not just sit still. He _HAD_ to invade to put a stop to a nextdoor neighbor being used to aim missles at russia. As if that weren't enough reason to invade ukraine, it's been public knowledge for a long time now that japan possesses nuclear weapons capability. That's the same as putting a nuclear bomb on russia's front doorstep...
The US certainly wouldn't tolerate _RUSSIAN_ missles being aimed at it from canada or from the mexican border! "Animal house D.C." knew putin would move against ukraine. And I would estimate he moved against crimea in 2012, for the very same reason. This was never about "Making russia great again;" restoring it to it's former soviet glory. What bull****! ! This is about doing his job as Russian president 😒💣
_...I deplore my government's inability to see the situation from Russia's point of view...._
Maybe it is less of an inability, but more of an _ability_ to see through the nonsense.
_...the US would need to find another area of the world to meddle in, so as to keep feeding the rapacious appetite of the military-industrial-Congressional complex. I am sad to say that Biden has found it...._
People like you keep talking about the US military. But let me ask you, who used his military to invade the Ukraine?
@@silence8806 If what you're saying is that somehow the US gov't is right in all of this, or you're giving credit to them "for seeing through all the [Russian] nonsense," you are wrong. The US gov't deliberately created this situation with putin by forcing him to act. They planned this over 15 years ago, & they've kept all of us blind & dumb to do it
You're not giving any credit at all to Russia for being a sovereign country who must maintain it's own security, even if that means using war to wrest ukraine from NATO's (USA's) hands
Make no mistake: I never wanted to see innocents killed in ukraine. But the USA caused this war, & not as a result of unintended consequences. It is very deliberate
...Maybe this will make more sense if you read my last comment 💜
✨💎 I'm with you there, Adele. Anyone who can't see that the United States economy is based on oil, on war, & on fiat money is either naïve or hopelessly locked into willful denial. There is nothing unpatriotic or seditious about criticizing one's government for it's corruptions & it's exploitations. In fact, that is our duty as responsible citizens... We The People are the Fifth Estate. The Fourth Estate fell long ago, & it is complicit with the criminals running D.C. now
@@magnificentmuttley154
_...Anyone who can't see that the United States economy is based on oil, on war, & on fiat money is either naïve or hopelessly locked into willful denial..._
Inform yourself about the numbers and you will see, that the wars the US fought, had cost the economy way more money than they could ever bring back. The foremost basis not only for the US's economy, but all today dominating econonmies is applied science. And money is an ancient tool that is based on trust. If there wasn't so much trust in the US dollar as a global currency, no one would care.
I wonder when people stop playing this song about the oh so evil US, being responsible for all the misery in the world and instead treating the people in developing countries like adults who are foremost responsible for themselfes. It is the bigotry of low expectations.
I bet the Mainstream Media won’t show this warning you gave them 25 years ago.
RIP great Men ☦️
None of the countries currently wanting to join NATO would have done so if Russia hadn't invaded Ukraine, this is their own fault.
@@coronaflo NATO expansion started in the 90's. Russia's war with Ukraine started in 2014
@@coronaflo And why did Russia invade in the first place?
What is it with you and the MSM? See the "AP" logo in the upper right corner? It's the "Associated Press". Much of MSM comes from AP.
@@charlesscott4722 Russia: stop joining a defensive alliance against Russia!
Also Russia: Invades sovereign nations that are their neighbors.
In his own words:
"You see that where you have leaders that rule for 20 years or more you see what happens around them. The only thing that is important in such situations for those leaders and people around them is holding onto power. I believe that this is something that is happening now in our country.”
-Mikhail Gorbachev
can we have the full source and not only some video cuts?
most people have a historic perspective of a one day fly. But back then it was already clear that NATO expansion would have consequences some day, that day has come.
So Poland, Latvia, Estonia, etc. should not have joined NATO? They should have been thrown under the bus like Ukraine? Problem is not NATO expansion, it's a stronger Russia. Russia may have been humiliated by former Soviet countries joining NATO, but that's not NATO's fault.
Yes they should not have joined Nato and just pursued a neutral role,. Then their leaders would not play these risky games they are playing now. Its never wise to agitate your big neighbour like they do now. By being neutral and just trade with the west they would be much more safe. UA would not have been destroyed if it pursued a neutral role.
@@rudypieplenbosch6752 Should not have joined NATO? How do you know how that would have turned out? Maybe that decision has saved those countries. This is on Russia.
@@andrezcabara2774 You joined a war mongering institute, moreover you are a direct neighbour of the "enemy" of that institute. If needed Nato will sacrifice your country in the blink of an eye, they don't give a damn about your country, like we see with UA. You also joined the now collapsing institute called EU, by doing this and joining Nato, you gave away all possibilities to form your own foreign policies as well as develop your own foreign trade as your country would see fit. You are now a slave of the EU, this probably did not feel that bad when things are going OK, but now things are collapsing, you will be going down with it . The collapse of the EU was foreseeable long before it happened, since there never was a United Europe, the people never wanted it and economically it is a faulted construct (one euro to rule them all). By being independent you would not get into the difficult situation you will find yourself in, into the not so distant future. By being independent Russia would have left you alone, like it did with lots of other non Nato ex sovjet states.
@@rudypieplenbosch6752 I joined a war mongering institute? What? Fact: Russia started this war. And your claim NATO doesn't give a damn about Ukraine? NATO has no jurisdiction to defend countries not part of NATO, that's not its mission. But, the EU cares, as you can tell from the sanctions. NATO has to stay out of this, otherwise we have a much bigger war. Europe is very united and even stronger given Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Most post-soviet satellite states joined NATO. Ask yourself why. Your claim being independent would have guaranteed a peaceful Russia is pure speculation. I guess that wasn't a bet many former Satellite states wanted to make. But, Ukraine was actually independent. There was no real possibility of Ukraine joining NATO, even if Ukraine begged for it. Germany, France, Turkey would have listened to Russia. Now? That trust is gone.
This aged like a fine Cuban rum.
That Ukrainian energy board must have been paying Hunter for something .
предатель!
The hypocrisy of the Americans knows no bounds.
He's the naive architect for the disintegration of the former Soviet Union. So many people suffered and for his misdeeds he's lucky he wasn't charged with treason.
In 1991 without US bases in Russia's borders, Europe could have been a safer place without NATO expansion. Russia wanted to be free and democratic like the rest of the eastern block, the US missunderstood and tried to treat Russia as a subordinate, something Russia's goverment didnt like, so the US instead treated them as a threat, and Russia, watching how a possible partner became more hostile, acted as such.
maybe Russia shouldn't have driven her neighbors towards NATO by being such a disgrace. what has Russia done to make itself a more attractive option? nobody needs to humiliate Russia, Russians have done a fine job of that all by themselves.
🤡.
@@Sha-Ayo you burned another sockpuppet just to be a petty little bitch, good for you
Unfortunately Gorbachev is the one who signed the documents back in the 90’s that didn’t protect Russian interest.
Ukraine, Poland, Estonia... are sovereign countries, NOT someones interests. Hitler and Stalin treated these nations as interests and Putin is no different.
@@zoranbeader6441 sure they are sovereign countries but they are also very definately the interests of a certain someone, namely Putin among others.
If Ukraine wasn’t an interest of Putin there wouldn’t be a 40 mile long line of Russian tanks , personnel carriers and other armored vehicles bearing down on kiev.
@@zoranbeader6441 Cuba was a sovereign state in 1962?
@@скайс You mean that time when America DID NOT invade Cuba, DID NOT bomb Cuban cities and DID NOT annex Cuban land?
Yes, Cuba was a sovereign state then and it's still a sovereign state.
@@zoranbeader6441 America before tried many times to use military power on cuba, The cubans ask the Soviets for help and then Amerkcans could not continue and sign a treaty.
Big mistake was done by Mr Gorbachev in dissolving the USSR..
Wasn't his choice, Yeltsin took over whilst Gorbachev was taken captive and agreed with the leaders of the republics in USSR to dissolve. Research before saying stuff
@@pabloandres8757 Gorbachev was part of the problem because he was so naive to believe his opponents promises, I know Yeltsin came after him..
USSR collapse helped my country to open up its economy
It wasn't Gorbachev. Countries building USSR decided to end this project. What else they could do? Invade these "insubordinate" countries then and there?
@@rudra20048 lol.. Not true
We're not trying to humiliate Russians, we just know what's best for everybody. We are Americans after all.
I mean, imagine if there was a country out there that had a history of using nuclear weapons and was stockpiling them while telling other countries they shouldn't have them. We need to police that for the world.
Nailed it. A great man.
Great man? Had he and people like him worked in a factory instead of robbing a country from its people we would not have had this horrible war in 2022
@@bololollek9245 you mean US presidents? then you are correct
Russians humiliate themselves by having series of stupid systems, forcing other nations into them and conducting mass murder.
@@bololollek9245 Because you don't know history
So prophetic
false
@@albertpacaj6871 True
Russians humiliate themselves by having series of stupid systems, forcing other nations into them and conducting mass murder.
Si è fidato...purtroppo!
If I install anti-robber system in my house this is not a threat to my neighbor. If my neighbor breaks into my house and start destroying it because he worry that some day I may install anti-robber system - I have no words for such stuрid degeneracy of the human kind.
@Bigman1 S The pelting stones with which the Budapest memorandum was broken from Russia you mean?
@Bigman1 S It is abundantly evident that Russian President Vladimir Putin is no fan of NATO. Indeed, he displays a pronounced-almost obsessive-antipathy toward the Alliance. He claims that NATO took advantage of Russian weakness after the collapse of the Soviet Union to enlarge to its east, in violation of promises allegedly made to Moscow by Western leaders. But no such promises were made-a point now confirmed by someone who was definitely in a position to know: Mikhail Gorbachev, then president of the Soviet Union.
You can read it further if you search - Did NATO Promise Not to Enlarge? Gorbachev Says “No”
Is there a video of the whole speech somewhere?
Check out
the " minutes " from
US Senator Baker and Gorbachev meeting: Moscow 9 Feb 1990.
@t Wikipedia.
Not an inch further to the East !?
Very interesting .
@@joni8090 Gorbachev wrote that he was not given any promises about NATO territorial expansion. The "not one inch" was about weapons, not territory.
@@andrezcabara2774
US Foreign Secretary Baker: Moscow 1994 to Gorbachev: NATO will not advance one inch further to the East. Check the minutes of the meeting . 27 NATO COUNTRIES LATER USA/NATO/IMC
IS AT Russias front door !! 🇷🇺💲🇨🇳
@@joni8090 Yes, I've read the transcript, and it's worded differently, and it was in the context of German unification. Baker is quoted to have said: "We understand that not only for the Soviet Union but for other European countries as well it is important to have guarantees that if the United States keeps its presence in Germany within the framework of NATO, not an inch of NATO’s present military jurisdiction will spread in an eastern direction." This leaves some play for interpretation, right? What is "present military jurisdiction"? This also was before the fall of the Soviet Union. Further, Baker has no business to make ad-hoc promises on behalf of NATO. He also stressed that it's important to have guarantees, but that by itself is not a guarantee. A guarantee would have to be much better formulated, so there's no misunderstanding. Can Baker make a guarantee that post-Soviet states such as Poland cannot join NATO? The USSR still existed at this time. Such a "promise" would also have to come from NATO. Baker right after is quoted to have said "These are our thoughts. Perhaps a better way can be found. As of yet, we do not have the Germans’ agreement to this approach." I've read in a Polish interview that Gorbachev said there was no guarantee made about NATO expansion, but can't find it. Either way, I've not found a public statement on video made by Gorbachev where he claims that there was such an agreement. If there was, don't you think Gorbachev would have made this claim later? Don't you think Russia would have pushed this if there was one? You've also misquoted Baker, as you've simplified what has been said. Maybe you should read the full transcript and also consider that Gorbachev has not publicly made this claim himself.
@@andrezcabara2774
I don't know what you read but I know what I have read and your comment was miss informed from the start ! The exstensive minutes of Baker/Gorbachev have been analysed by many greater than you and it is clear from the off that Bakers handlers USA Administration clearly betrayed the " Good Faith " of the Moscow Accords 1994 , but of course Gorbachev didn't think he was dealing with a Rat at the dawn of a New Era ! America even turned the foreclosed Warsaw Pact into the NATO PACK !! 🤣 And here we are today and you expect me to believe anything a Rat would say !!? Or should I say a Snake 🐍 that can worm its way out of anything 🤣 you should move to Snake island along with all of Ukraines broken Agreements egged on by their Initiators USA ! 🇷🇺💲🇨🇳
He is a freedom seeker for his country, but unfortunately his wise opinions were ignored. That is because USA still firmly believes that MIGHT = RIGHT.
History repeated itself once more as if it had never been carried out or even warned from before
It's all because of George Bush, he was the president at that time he made those idiotic decisions. He should not have become president in the first place
History did not repeat itself. Even John Mearsheimer said that he did not expect Russia to invade Ukraine.
@@andrezcabara2774 Meanwhile everyone else expected that. And the history for sure repeats itself because we've got German tanks in Ukraine killing russians.
@@krevetka9744 History "for sure" does not repeat itself, unless you twist things your way. Fact: You don't have Germans killing Russians, you have Ukrainians killing Russians that have invaded their country. Don't forget Russian soldiers are killing Ukrainians on Ukrainian soil. I don't want Russians to die, nor do I want Ukrainians to die. But, Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukrainians have the right to choose to defend their country. Are you saying that Russia is in its rights to get drones from Iran to kill Ukrainians on Ukrainian soil, but Ukraine may not get weapons to defend their country? And, what do you mean by "everyone expected that"? John Mearsheimer said he did not expect Russia to invade Ukraine. And I'm not sure Putin did not expect this war to have dragged on this far.
@@andrezcabara2774 Okay, here we go.
Why Russia can not tolerate western rockets anywhere near its border?
1610-1612 Polish occupation of Kremlin. Russians die invaded by the west.
1708-1709 Swedish invasion of Russia
Russians die invaded by the west.
1812 Napoleon invasion of Russia
Russians die invaded by the west.
1914-1918 World war 1
Russians die invaded by the west.
1941 Nazi invasion of Soviet Union
Russians die invaded by the west.
Does this justify invasion? No. Invading another country is a crime and you can not justify it (unless you're US of course).
My point is, Russia is paranoid about the west for good reasons. No country in the world lost over 30 million people protecting the very same border over and over.
Also, you can not start this story with February 2022. It's like starting your story from 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. There was a very good reason for something to happen. War in Ukraine started in December 2013 when US funded a violent coup to overthrow democratically elected president of Ukraine, many anti-maidan protesters died. Then Odessa massacre happened leading to even more unrest among russian-speaking population and those who voted for Yanukovitch. This led to the 8-year Civil War which Ukraine officials called "anti-terrorist operation" or ATO. First wave of ukrainian military surrendered to eastern rebels, some even joined the opposition. Because back then nobody wanted to kill their own citizens because they don't agree with illegal coup. BUT Azov Batallion (currently Azov Regiment) gladly took the task to "protect Ukraine's territorial integrity". Not people. But territory. From people with ukrainian passports. Yeah.
Now, to PREDICTIONS of this war:
Check "Dave Smith Breaks Down the Reasons Russia Invaded Ukraine" There you can see a clip of Gideon Rose openly bragging about "stealing Ukraine" and that Putin might invade because of that.
Putin 2007 Munich speech: "NATO has put it's frontline forces on our borders. This expansion represents a serious provokation that reduces the level of mutual trust. And we have the right to ask: against whom is this expansion intended? And what happened to the assurances our western partners made after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact?"
On June 26 1997, a group of 50 prominent foreign policy experts that included former senators, retired military officers, diplomats and academicians, sent an open letter to President Clinton outlining their opposition to NATO expansion stating that it may lead to conflict. Google it.
George Kennan in 1997: “Bluntly stated…expanding NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-Cold War era. Such a decision may be expected to inflame the nationalistic, anti-Western and militaristic tendencies in Russian opinion; to have an adverse effect on the development of Russian democracy; to restore the atmosphere of the cold war to East-West relations, and to impel Russian foreign policy in directions decidedly not to our liking … ”
William J. Burns, former US ambassador to Russia: "Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines or the Russian elite. From knickle-draggers in the dark recesses of the Kremlin to Putin's sharpest liberal critics, I have yet to find anyone who views Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests."
Robert M. Gates, defence secretary in Bush' and Obama's administration: "Trying to bring Georgia and Ukraine into NATO was truly overreaching. This move was a case of recklessly ignoring hat the russians considered their own vital national interests."
Strobe Talbott, former deputy secretary of state: "Many Russians see NATO as a vestige of fthe cold war. They point out that they have disbanded the Warsaw Pact and ask why the west should not do the same."
Trying to safeguard the sovereignty of a country is a good thing indeed, but inviting a state right on Russia's border into an anti-Russian Cold War military alliance is provokation. Ukraine is a sovereign country and has every right to want to join the NATO but what's in it for the NATO? Why did they push for it? This move completely disregards the historical baggage between NATO and Russia and profound historical and ethnical divide between people in Ukraine.
Sad we think we superior to the Russians. Peace and love
The expansion wasn’t actually aggressive in nature though. The Eastern European states themselves were the ones who pushed for membership the most. And the reason for that is, that the Russian regime gave them every reason to do so. If putin didn’t want nato expansion, he shouldn’t give them a reason to seek help from nato. Even though the west is also at fault here for letting the state in in such quick succession, it doesn’t justify invading a country by any means.
@@FloMj ruclips.net/video/6ede1BSMp_c/видео.html&ab_channel=RepublicWorld
Nobody is superior to anybody.
Russian 2 times has requested to nato but got denied even putin in 2000 made a request to join n was brushed off but accepted other Soviet countries... what was the intention
You may not be superior to Russians but your country is much better than Russia. Close to nobody wants to immigrate to Russia, even Africans don't want to live there.
They have been warned. Now finish the job and defunct Nato.
He weakened the block from the East destroyed the USSR for the beautiful eyes of the Americans.
He’s done a good service for humanity
@@urbanistgod The service of true humanity with the demise of the Great American Devil, the grandson of the Anglo-Saxon colonialists.
@@سيدفاضلتقي What is the gibberish? You sound delusional
@@urbanistgod idfk I think he’s talking about American British people because British people were Anglo Saxons lol
You can't have it both ways. Tell your former subjects they can be free and then tell them they can't. Russia signed multiple treaties acknowledging the freedom of its neighbours and former SSRs to choose their alliance.
Very true and this is a good point!! NATO expansion or not they should have honored those agreements.
@@Brian6587 There are various informal agreements and mutual understanding, if thats the case why USA doesn’t allowed soviet missile in Cuba?
@@max-cs9ko Hi Max, I personally believe informal agreements are just that though informal. There is nothing preventing any nation from forming any military alliance, relationship or association in however manner they see fit. I do see your point though about Cuba. The big issue was the offensive nuclear weapons being placed on the island. I do believe though that offensive nuclear weapons should not be placed in Eastern Europe but that would require both sides to adhere to arms limitations treaties.
@@max-cs9ko Nato expansion is bs excuse for Putin. utin knows if Ukrine had been in Nato, he would have not invaded it. It's like blaming a victim (Ukraine) for calling the police (Nato). Russia simply loves annexing just because it can. Nato expansion is bs excuse for Putin. Nato is at Russia's borders for decades. Ukraine is not even Nato member state. Nato never invaded Russia. Russia can not stop invading neighbours just because Russia wants to annex them.
He is sharp... I love it
Same as Mr. Putin.
Gorbachev in this precise case was utter right: NATO expansion gave the opportunity for a hawkish russian like Putin to pop up
You Sir are precisely right. Precisely: ruclips.net/video/8X7Ng75e5gQ/видео.html
Putin is better than traitor gorbachev.
The Wise Man had Spoken / Warend of this Day! 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
dictator has spoken...that's all...russians want USSR back, because then they will have slaveforce that will held moscow lazy fcks from drowning...surprise - independent countries do not want to be russia's slaves...wonder why? Maybe all that 50+ years of deportations, russifications and slavery...
Who ever who wish to join NATO is welcomed, but the terms is: " _The country have to do it self without foreign interference, that means if their people willing do to it and with their politicians to do also, so in conclusion it will be welcome to join NATO_ "
US deserves all the potential fallout and instabilities that might happen as a consequence of the current crisis.
Looking more like the fallout and instabilities is happening to Putin's Russia.
@@juve96 according to the western media sure... Without Saudi oil, the recession is coming to the US even faster now. Sanctioning Russia left and right, Russia along with China, SWIFT alternative is already happening based in China. Afghanistan to forging an alliance with China. South America, Africa, and India are very pro-Russia for great business potential. Traditionally neutral countries like Sweden and Switzerland will not be dependable. Unreasonable sanctions happened to Russia so investment will leave the west gradually. Really if you say the wrong words, all your life's earnings will be lost just like that. Asking for simple security guarantees will invite provocations. Sometime in the future, when everybody wonders why did the dollar lose its power so fast, you can bet it started because of all this crisis.
The west: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that
Yeah, it's easy to talk like that from safe distances. Some nations have a very hard time to forget how life was under Soviet influence. I pretty much understand their need to have gaurantees.
@@jomonger-g1f Good luck expanding a anti-Russia aliance to Russia's boarder and not posing as a treat to them
And if imperialism is your problem, join a military aliance with the US + Western Europe only shows that you have a preference for imperalism, not distain.
NATO expansion is a clear sign of Western imperialism, if you can't see that, you ate too much propaganda and believe NATO are the good guys. There is no saint or devil in this war, only different geopolitical figures fighting for their interests
NATO and its members are far from innocent, just look at what they did to Libya or what the US did to Iraq. Libya was fucked so hard they have slave trades now and 1.200.000 Iraqi civilians were murdered by the terrorist rogue nation called U.S.A
I don't wish Russia as a neighbor to anyone to be honest, but if Russia is a flu, NATO is a cancer
Why the complain about.... still dont get it......
Russia's concerns about NATO has always been legitimate but I'm sad the culmination of all that is the loss of lives.
It has never been
There was a reason why almost the whole former Eastern Bloc sought to join NATO asap after the Iron Curtain fell. Russia chose to not admit to themselves what that reason was and instead continued to blame the West and USA for everything bad happening to them as they have always done.
@@truthgambit First of all the coup had nothing to do with the USA. Russian puppet president Yanukovich dissatisfied Ukrainians which lead them to protest and overthrow him. Second, the war in the Eastern Ukraine has been started and sustained by Kremlin, if Putin simply stayed out of Ukraine’s business, there would be no casualties in the past 8 years. By “successful peace”, do u mean a full on invasion of Ukraine, carried out by Russian military&paid mercenaries, bombing Ukrainian cities (in many cases vastly populated by ethnic Russians), slaughtering peaceful residents who absolutely despise the invaders. That’s y Putin has lost from the start. He thought if he conquers Ukraine, and places another puppet leader there, then Ukrainians would just suck it up, but they won’t. Russia’s backed puppet gov would remain in power for as long as Russian tanks r there, and that’s if Russia conquers Ukraine, which seems very unlikely. Btw, how can NATO get out, if they ain’t even there?
@@Heisenberg69691 alright
@@truthgambit Ukrainians didn’t “run their president out of town”, the president ran like a coward he was. Yanukovich never offered to hold a new election, why do you come up with things? Instead he proceeded to harass the peaceful protesters through police brutality and refuse to negotiate. US didn’t stuff a Russian hater into power. Ukrainians have elected a new leader who’s pro-western. I don’t think u’d expect to have them elect a pro-Russian leader when Putin annexed Crimea and begun an ongoing war in Donbas&Luhansk. The January 6th and the revolution of 2014 are completely different. On Jan 6th a group of Trump supporters INVADED the capitol building putting many lives at risk b/c their candidate didn’t win. Ukrainians were peacefully protesting and it would’ve ended as a series of peaceful protests if Yanukovich didn’t resort to violence and instead chose to come to a compromise with his own ppl. The new president did not “take power”, after the revolution, the Ukrainian parliament held an election where Poroshenko won, later in 2019, Zelensky won. The US has not funded Zelenesky, those ppl are dying as a result of the war Putin has started, I hope u realize that. What is rotten to the core and what snipers r u talking and how does that prove US involvement? Like do u even read before u type? U do realize the Victoria Nuland&phone call is a conspiracy utilized by Russia’s state propaganda to convince its audience that the government was elected by the US, which is a total bs. I’m positive I’ve done more research on the topic that the RT propagandists u r getting ur information from. U were keep repeating “US intervention”, yet not even once have u clarified how the US has intervened. The coup was carried out by Ukrainians in Ukraine, where Ukrainians have overthrew Yanukovich and Ukrainians have elected new presidents and members o parliament, yet that somehow al of this leads u to the idea that US has anything to do with this, which is nonsensical and baseless to say. Quite frankly Idc who Doug Valentine is)
No national and people should be humiliated, esp powerful ones: NATO did the same and consequence is Ukraine war.
Loool, now they're are even more humiliated. 141 votes against and 4 votes supporting 🤣
@@farzana6676 As if Russia cares 😂
All well perhapsbut somebody decided to do a 'military operation'. Somebody chooses that war is the answer to his problems. And to strike terror in Ukraine, europe and the world. Lets not format that countries themselves applied for Nato and/or EU. They felt threatened to. And nog again. I myself found the west a bad winner in 1991 not being aware that for russia it was felt as a loss and was somewhat humiliating. And by the way nato is a defensive pact.
@@sirrealreal good defending job so far, very clean record. no gladio no indiscriminate bombings in balkans no funding extremist terrorist groups all throughout middle east definitely no support for nazi `freedom fighters`. very defensive pact indeed. force for good, for sure.
The video shows that, while he was more peaceful, Gorbachev had the same Russian imperialist entitlement that made all it's former vasall states run towards the west and Nato.
Russia should ask itself why those countries were desperate to join Nato. It is this entitlement that sovereign nations making their own decisions is considered a "humiliation" of Russia.
That's true.
Well said...
"It is this entitlement that sovereign nations"
Pile of BS!
One nation's security cannot be realized at the expense of its neighbors.
The boundaries of your "sovereignty" go as far as the boundary of the sovereignty of others.
As soon as the exercise of your "sovereignty" overlaps with others national security the path to conflict is established and the results are clearly visible on TV these days!
This is cap. Russia was only aggressive with neighbors when NATO started to encroach on its borders. Before they were just against it spreading, mainly because it was a defensive alliance with no enemy. So why expand it?
@@imperatornoinga3646 100% correct!
NATO is an aggressive alliance period
Yes its good to have Russia as an friendly and peaceful actor... That is probably why Sweden and Finland will join NATO very soon. They have been independent until now, but now Putin made up their minds. Lets hope he does not attack them to make it more cozy.
Why is it that NOTHING that Gorbachev says, says ANYTHING about "NATO expansion"?!
Even traitors sometimes say the right thing.
Bru literally the only democrat and real idealist in your entire history of dictatorship, corruption and repression. That you guys disregard him. Lol you russians seems to love repression
@@andrade3010 All right. The only democrat and real idealist in our entire history of dictatorship, corruption and repression destroyed our country and gave birth to series of civil or war conflicts in all 15 Republics of the former USSR. If you like him so much, you can make him the President of the USA, so he can bring true democracy to you, the USA has grown too big and stupid anyway.
@@andrade3010 и к чему привела это его политика? СССР и Россия били и остаются сложными государствами. Здесь очень много разногласий и не стабильности и Россия это не только русский народ. Если в РФ придёт такой политик как Горбачёв то она развалиться как СССР. Хотя один уже приходил это Ельцин и в след за СССР чуть не угробил РФ. Можно по-разному относиться к Путину но одного у него не отнять он смог сохранить страну.
@@neet7515 алкаш Ельцин и тот был лучше Меченого. Поверь мне, братуха, я знаю о чём говорю. Меченый был ходящая катастрофа, антимидас. Ельцин хотя бы прощения попросил, а Горбачёв с самого начала хотел уничтожить Союз и социализм.
@@abyrvalg_ ну в целом согласен Ельцин хоть как то смог сохранить страну. В отличии от горбатого.
It turns out he was right and N,A,T,O, wrong
Nope, Putin just proved NATO was right all the time.
@@Lonewolf-gr2nh We should have done what Enoch Powell wanted a free trade area for Europe to include Russia , not this democracy killing E.U. which will eventually collapse because it is run by an unelected Brussels elite,
Warnings not heeded. Now the problems have blown out on your face.
The true face of NATO
NATO did not invade Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Romania. They all joined NATO to find protection from a stronger Russia, not to attach Russia. NATO has not invaded any country, Russia has. True face of Russia?
You broke USSR and now expecting west to behave friendly
times became tough, expenses expanded... the situation became that USSR was using more money that it made, and other countries like LITHUANIA, ESTONIA, AZERBAIJAN, started showing interests to part ways with USSR, should RUSSIA shoot at all those protesters? the answer is "NO"
the result is, many SUPER POWERS decline due to the lack of viability, today RUSSIAN economy is smaller than Soviet days, but their debt to GDP ratio is 20%, but US debt to GDP ratio is 150%, that means they owe more than what they own.
Russia bad, Prez Brandon good, shut up and don't question plebe.
Who would have guessed that the Russians would fight against the possibility of nuclear warhead stationned at the doorstep...
bad argument for invaiding a country, if usa want to stage nuclear weapons they can already do it in the baltic states. also you dont even need to "stage" a nuclear weapon. you ever heard of Intercontinental missile? guess not
Well....eh Ukraine has no Nuclear Weapons and Never was a Threat to russia
@@PifchoBG
1. I don't say the invasion of Ukraine is justified.
2. The Baltic States are less of a problem geographically speaking as they can be quickly landlocked by Kaliningrad and Belaruss.
3. Yes this situation matters, just like the Cuban Missile crisis was all about the same shit
4. Denouncing the NATO extension isn't incompatible with denouncing Russia's imperial stance.
But I am aware that in times of war it is hard to break away from good/evil opposition.
@@tonyhawk94 russia use nato excuse to steal more land, that all. wonder why more and more nations want close ties with nato, not with russia
@@PifchoBG I invite you to read my comment again, i said everything in it, i have nothing more to add to this discussion.
NATO does not even send troops to directly defend Ukraine, as it probably should. Was it ever a realistic concern that NATO might harbor notions of proactively invading a heavily nuclear- armed country like Russia? Clearly, between Ukraine's concerns for border security and Russia's concern for border security, the more valid concern would have been Ukraine's. That is perhaps an example of the very reason why NATO would have ever expanded. It is the arrogance of power to think that large nations always have greatest priority over border concerns. No nation is forced to join NATO; any nation is free to leave NATO. That choice is their own, and not Russia's or America's. Putin seems to think that Ukraine has no right to decide its own destiny, and he wishes to make permanent territorial acquisition. That attitude is the true poison for global peace and cooperation.
Your point about a nation's ability to make decisions on its own. Except actions have consequences. These people who are in power do not think like every day people. Individual lust for power combined with corporate greed and Corruption is what is fueling this shit. I hope that nato troops do not get deployed because that means we are officially at war with Russia. And that must not happen. The ensuing war would at the very least be a blood bath and would most likely destroy humanity as we know it. Or end our species.
@@steverichards7469 Nato expansion is only bs excuse for Putin. Russia simply loves invading and annexing everytime it can.,
Your whataboutism does not make your point valid.USA is not annexing in the name of its president's ego. Russia does. All the rest is bs excuse. Russia simply thinks it s entitled to own Eastern Europe. Nobody was going to invade Russia. Russia has nukes. Every dictator needs excuses to justify his sick legacy and greed. War in Ukraine was never about Nato.. Ukraine is not even Nato memeber and had no chance to join. Nato is at Russia's borders for decades. Why didn't Putin invade Finland, Poland or Lithuania? Because it is not about Nato. It is about Ukrane. Putin wants to annex Ukraine and he says Ukraine does not exist. What else do you need? Russia must stop annexing its neighbours. @@j.o.1516
worst translator ever. Missed half of what gorbachev said
Obviously had an agenda
Zelensky devrait suivre et relire ses cours d'histoire
I always liked Gorbechev. It is a pity the Zelensky zealots are so blinded by hatred of our Russian friends.
He's talking crazy. Nothing bad will ever happen.
Pah, sold out his country for a pizza hut commercial
A TRIBUTE TO GORBACHEV
He had the absolute power
to destroy the lives of ordinary people.
He even had the power to destroy the world many times over.
He was worshipped like a demigod and
his command was obeyed like the word of god.
He had reached the point in his life where
nobody could question or disobey him...
but,
instead of abusing his power like his predecessors
He chose to use that power to serve mankind.
He chose humanity over despotism and
chose peace over war.
He saw people as equal to himself and
realised that people have as many rights as he does.
He felt the pain and suffering of ordinary people and
chose to change the demonic system
by giving people rights to live as free men...
It was his moral courage and his wisdom that made him take on the establishment knowing full well that he might end up paying the price with his life, and the total destruction of his family.
But he risked everything for a just cause.
I SALUTE TO HIS COURAGE, HIS WISDOM, AND HIS HUMANITY.
ruclips.net/video/jnXfS9neblw/видео.html
“The topic of ‘NATO expansion’ was not discussed at all, and it wasn’t brought up in those years. … Another issue we brought up was discussed: making sure that NATO’s military structures would not advance and that additional armed forces would not be deployed on the territory of the then-GDR after German reunification. Baker’s statement was made in that context… Everything that could have been and needed to be done to solidify that political obligation was done. And fulfilled. The agreement on a final settlement with Germany said that no new military structures would be created in the eastern part of the country; no additional troops would be deployed; no weapons of mass destruction would be placed there. It has been obeyed all these years.”
Mikhail Gorbachev.
Also, "humiliated"? Funny way to say "my neighbours don't like me for some reason".