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NATO Expands, Again. Will the Ukraine War Spread? w/ Vijay Prashad

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

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The Red Line: Why Russia Wanted Georgia and Ukraine Into NATO

Putin said there was no single master at the 2008 Bucharest meeting of NATO. The US announced, well, we're going to include Georgia and Ukraine into NATO. That was in 2008. And right after that, Russian troops move into Georgia. It's really quite clear that this is a red line. Why is it a red line? Help the audience who doesn't really understand the history, the geography, the politics of Ukraine or earlier Georgia.

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