{"id":12110,"date":"2025-12-26T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=12110"},"modified":"2025-12-29T18:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T18:38:39","slug":"putin-warned-bush-against-dragging-ukraine-into-nato-us-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/putin-warned-bush-against-dragging-ukraine-into-nato-us-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin warned Bush against dragging Ukraine into NATO \u2013 US records"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Russian leader said in 2008 that it could lead to \u201clong-term conflict\u201d with Washington, according to transcripts of the talks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his then-US counterpart, George W. Bush, almost two decades ago that attempts to make Ukraine a member of NATO could split the country apart and result in a confrontation between Moscow and Washington, records of conversations between the two leaders have revealed.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the US National Security archives published verbatim transcripts of several exchanges between Putin and Bush throughout the 2000s.<\/p>\n

During their first meeting in Slovenia in June 2001, the Russian president questioned the need for NATO’s enlargement, but stressed that he “can imagine us [Moscow and Washington] becoming allies,”<\/em> according to the files.<\/p>\n

His tone stiffened significantly by the time of their last meeting in the Russian city of Sochi in April 2008, a year after Putin delivered his famous speech at the Munich Security Conference, criticizing the unipolar world order and NATO’s eastward expansion.<\/p>\n

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Putin straightforwardly told Bush that “accession to NATO of a country like Ukraine will create for the long-term a field of conflict for you and us, long-term confrontation,”<\/em> the transcript read.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian membership in the bloc would create “uncertainties and threats”<\/em> for Russia in the form of Western military bases and new weapon systems being deployed near its borders, Putin explained.<\/p>\n

”NATO is perceived by a large part of the Ukrainian population as a hostile organization… And relying on the anti-NATO forces in Ukraine, Russia would be working on stripping NATO of the possibility of enlarging. Russia would be creating problems there all the time,”<\/em> the Russian leader reportedly said.<\/p>\n

Putin explained to his interlocutor that Ukraine was “not a nation built in a natural manner,”<\/em> but a country artificially comprised of territories taken from Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Russia, including Crimea. “It’s populated by people with very different mindsets,”<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

”I don’t think it’s the right logic”<\/em> to try to “cement”<\/em> Ukraine as part of the Western world through it joining the US-led military bloc, the Russian leader was quoted as saying. “Given the divergent views of areas of the population on NATO membership, the country could just split apart,”<\/em> Putin said, as cited by the records.<\/p>\n

Instead of pushing for Ukraine to become a NATO member, efforts must be made to ensure the country’s self-sufficiency and strengthen its economy, Putin urged.<\/p>\n

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According to the transcript, Bush avoided a direct response to the Russian president’s concerns, only saying that “one of the things I admire about you is you weren’t afraid to say it to NATO. That’s very admirable.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Putin again spoke about NATO’s broken promise not to expand towards the Russian border during his end-of-year Q&A session last week, telling a Western journalist that “there won’t be any [military] operations [by Moscow] if you treat us with respect and respect our interests, just as we’ve constantly tried to respect yours.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Russian leader said in 2008 that it could lead to \u201clong-term conflict\u201d with Washington, according to transcripts of the talks Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his then-US counterpart, George W. Bush, almost two decades ago that attempts to make Ukraine a member of NATO could split the country apart…<\/p>\n

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