At that time, literally no serious analyst believed Russia’s statement. Even if we forget about the goals of creating NATO, Russia is not only a country, but also a part of the CIS. This means that if Russia joins NATO, it will not be able to provide military support to the CIS members. There are also many unresolved issues like general pension funds. which, by the way, included Ukraine, which was quite ridiculous since the “seceded” Ukraine paid pensions to its pensioners from the budget of the Russian Federation. If you are interested, this is an agreement on guarantees of the rights of citizens of the CIS member states in the field of pension provision. In general, this is a rather complicated topic of how to leave one alliance and join another.
At that time, literally no serious analyst believed Russia’s statement. Even if we forget about the goals of creating NATO, Russia is not only a country, but also a part of the CIS. This means that if Russia joins NATO, it will not be able to provide military support to the CIS members. There are also many unresolved issues like general pension funds. which, by the way, included Ukraine, which was quite ridiculous since the “seceded” Ukraine paid pensions to its pensioners from the budget of the Russian Federation. If you are interested, this is an agreement on guarantees of the rights of citizens of the CIS member states in the field of pension provision. In general, this is a rather complicated topic of how to leave one alliance and join another.