Aggressive Quote by Heinrich August Winkler

The Russians have intensely disliked but tolerated substantial NATO expansion, including the accession of Poland and the Baltic countries. But when NATO announced in…

— John Mearsheimer

Around 2008 and again in 2013 NATO officially offered the Ukraine the opportunity to join NATO. That's something no Russian government is ever going…

— Noam Chomsky

Since the mid-1990s, Russian leaders have adamantly opposed NATO enlargement, and in recent years, they have made it clear that they would not stand…

— John Mearsheimer

Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.

— Vladimir Putin

We stand firmly behind the decision made at the summit in Bucharest where it was decided that Ukraine could one day become a member…

— Arseniy Yatsenyuk

[Vladimir] Putin intended to provide for a broad safety corridor [for the Olympic Games]. That's why Abkhazia was a more important and desired goal…

— Garry Kasparov

If Ukraine becomes a pro-American liberal democracy, and a member of NATO, and a member of the E.U., the Russians will consider that categorically…

— John Mearsheimer

NATO was built to counteract the Soviet Union in its day and time. At this point there is no threat coming from the Soviet…

— Vladimir Putin

Russia's invasion of Georgia in August 2008 should have dispelled any remaining doubts about Putin's determination to prevent Georgia and Ukraine from joining NATO.

— John Mearsheimer

Russia is a direct threat to our NATO allies in the Baltics and in Poland as well as a threat to peace and stability…

— Dan Lipinski

Okay, NATO expanded to East Berlin and East Germany. Under [Bill] Clinton NATO expanded further, to the former Russian satellites. In 2008 NATO formally…

— Noam Chomsky

Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.

— Anonymous