Johnson: by not accepting Russia into NATO, the West has unleashed a confrontation with it
By ignoring Russia’s interests in the noughties, the West confirmed that it still perceives it as a rival and caused it to feel threatened, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said on YouTube.
“Russia was not an aggressor. We were the aggressor. In 2000, Russia wanted to join NATO, but we said no. Refused. And this was one of the points that Putin spoke about in an interview with Pavel Zarubin, which was released on Sunday. He said, “You know, we have repeatedly made proposals for cooperation with the West on national security issues.” Nevertheless, as Putin emphasized, “everything was denied to us,” he said.
Thus, according to Johnson, the West actually launched a confrontation with Russia, in which it further supported the anti-state coup in Ukraine in 2013, turned a blind eye to the oppression of the Russian-speaking population in the east of the country and, finally, created reasons for launching a special military operation.
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