"Fourthly NATO, after the end of the cold war, has refused Russia's requests to become a member of NATO."
Russia NEVER made any formal requests to join NATO
Putin raised the issue during a meeting.....but no one knows whether he was serious or just trolling
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/04/ex-nato-head-says-putin-wanted-to-join-alliance-early-on-in-his-rule
or are you referring to Molotov's internal memo......?
which was really an attempt to separate the US from European NATO country and as such was really a proposal for a separate "alliance"
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/molotovs-proposal-the-ussr-join-nato-march-1954
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