The United States offered Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin the possibility of Russia’s accession to NATO. ” This was stated by the former US President Bill Clinton.
According to him, in the 1990s, the relationship between the North Atlantic Alliance and Moscow developed. He recalled that in those days Russia took part in the Partnership program in the name of the world, the conclusion of the fundamental Act of Russia – NATO on mutual relations, cooperation and security was held, and the United States provided financial assistance to Russia to bring its military from the Baltic states. In addition, Russia and NATO jointly participated in various kinds of peacekeeping operations.
“All this time we kept NATO doors open to Russia’s accession, which I clearly stated Yeltsin, and then his successor to Vladimir Putin,” said the American ex-president.