The argument is that independent, democratic nato s woven into western structures adjacent to russia are an inherent threat to the russian federation. If you look at the time of the geographic expansion of nato eastward into the baltics and further into the post soviet space, nato practically disarmed. It was never an offensive alliance. And no reasonable military man in the r Russian federation to day can picture nato as being poised to threaten the rRussian federation. After all, this is our fault. This is our hostile policy that has created this serious rupture in relations. We're going to have to make concessions."

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