At the outset of the Russian Crimea annexation a number of commenters here openly stated that Russia did have some valid complaints about NATO "expansion" to the Russia borders.
Putin has argued in the press that NATO "signed agreements" to not expand and yet they did thus Russia reactions.
I have on a number of occasions pointed out that NATO never signed anything with Russia thus the statement is just another myth in a long line of Russia myths used as propaganda to justify their political moves.
This article from the Washington Post nails it again concerning the "alleged" Russian humiliation by the West as the core reasons for Putin's military actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...773_story.html
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