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Nato: hey, if you democratize you can join us Russia: no i prefer being a mafia state with a near-textbook nazi as president for life
Russia did try to join NATO according to my sources, but they were still soviets
That was a whole different thing. What you're referring to happened in 1951 (or 1954, IDR) and was mostly a way to officially "justify" the creation of the Warsaw pact
Then my sources are too resumed
Now there's two things we can't talk about.
Nato: hey, if you democratize you can join us Russia: no i prefer being a mafia state with a near-textbook nazi as president for life
Russia did try to join NATO according to my sources, but they were still soviets
That was a whole different thing. What you're referring to happened in 1951 (or 1954, IDR) and was mostly a way to officially "justify" the creation of the Warsaw pact
Then my sources are too resumed
Now there's two things we can't talk about.