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While the world has changed significantly in the last 15 years, Russia's fears and goals have remained largely the same.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's 2007 speech to the Munich Security Conference, which was delivered 15 years ago on Thursday, was the first moment when Western leaders were forced to reckon with Russian anxieties head-on. These same anxieties have motivated Russian violation of Georgian and Ukrainian sovereignty in 2008 and 2014 and continue to drive Russia's current buildup and pressure on its border with Ukraine today.
One of the most remembered elements of Putin's 2007 speech is his condemnation of the policy of NATO's eastward expansion, towards which he and his government had previously oscillated between hostility and tolerance. Putin questioned whether NATO's expansion was targeted at Russia and if the West sought to box in the nation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...-putin-is-driven-by-the-same-fears/ar-AATM2pH
Russian President Vladimir Putin's 2007 speech to the Munich Security Conference, which was delivered 15 years ago on Thursday, was the first moment when Western leaders were forced to reckon with Russian anxieties head-on. These same anxieties have motivated Russian violation of Georgian and Ukrainian sovereignty in 2008 and 2014 and continue to drive Russia's current buildup and pressure on its border with Ukraine today.
One of the most remembered elements of Putin's 2007 speech is his condemnation of the policy of NATO's eastward expansion, towards which he and his government had previously oscillated between hostility and tolerance. Putin questioned whether NATO's expansion was targeted at Russia and if the West sought to box in the nation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...-putin-is-driven-by-the-same-fears/ar-AATM2pH
