Michael McFaul @McFaul
If Boris Nemtsov was president of Russia (he was BNY’s heir apparent until 8/1998) and Russia was a thriving, consolidated democracy, the Kremlin would not be drawing redlines about NATO expansion, but negotiating at MAP. There. There’s the counterfactual. Cc: @Leonid_Gozman . — PolitiTweet.org
Daniel DePetris @DanDePetris
Ukraine joining NATO is the reddest of red lines for Russia. It’s not about Putin. No Russian president would suppo… https://t.co/3eyZwTWIt0