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Background of the Russia-Ukraine war (view source)
Revision as of 20:42, February 25, 2025
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*'''November 1990.''' A year after the [[fall of the Berlin Wall]], the Charter of Paris for a New Europe (also known as the Paris Charter) is adopted by the US, [[Europe]] and the Soviet Union. The charter is based on the [[Helsinki Accords]] and is updated in the 1999 Charter for European Security. These documents are the foundation of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]]. The OSCE charter says no country or bloc can preserve its own security at another country’s expense.
*'''November 1990.''' A year after the [[fall of the Berlin Wall]], the Charter of Paris for a New Europe (also known as the Paris Charter) is adopted by the US, [[Europe]] and the Soviet Union. The charter is based on the [[Helsinki Accords]] and is updated in the 1999 Charter for European Security. These documents are the foundation of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]]. The OSCE charter says no country or bloc can preserve its own security at another country’s expense.
*'''December 25, 1991.''' Soviet Union collapses. [[Wall Street]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] [[carpetbagger]]sm among them [[Bill Browder]], move in during ensuing decade to asset-strip the country of formerly state-owned properties, enrich themselves, help give rise to [[oligarch]]s, and impoverish the Russian, Ukrainian and other former Soviet peoples.
*'''December 25, 1991.''' Soviet Union collapses. [[Wall Street]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] [[carpetbagger]]s, among them [[Bill Browder]], move in during ensuing decade to asset-strip the country of formerly state-owned properties, enrich themselves, help give rise to [[oligarch]]s, and impoverish the Russian, Ukrainian and other former Soviet peoples.
*'''1990s.''' U.S. reneges on promise to last Soviet leader [[Gorbachev]] not to expand [[NATO]] to [[Eastern Europe]] in exchange for a unified [[Germany]]. George Kennan, the leading [[US government]] expert on the [[USSR]], opposes expansion. [[Sen. Joe Biden]], who supports [[NATO enlargement]], predicts Russia will react hostilely to it.
*'''1990s.''' U.S. reneges on promise to last Soviet leader [[Gorbachev]] not to expand [[NATO]] to [[Eastern Europe]] in exchange for a unified [[Germany]]. George Kennan, the leading [[US government]] expert on the [[USSR]], opposes expansion. [[Sen. Joe Biden]], who supports [[NATO enlargement]], predicts Russia will react hostilely to it.