Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer
by bluejekyll on Monday April 11, 2022 @12:09PM
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> Russia themselves asked to join but were rejected.
"In 1991, as the Soviet Union was dissolved, Russian president Boris Yeltsin sent a letter to NATO, suggesting that Russia's long-term aim was to join NATO."
"In 1991, as the Soviet Union was dissolved, Russian president Boris Yeltsin sent a letter to NATO, suggesting that Russia's long-term aim was to join NATO."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93NATO_relations#....
A lot has happened since then.