October
9, 2023
On
November 18, 2021, Putin held a meeting with Russian diplomats. Facing renewed
vows that Ukraine would enter NATO and continued concerns that NATO’s “military
potential and infrastructure [would be] in the vicinity of Russian borders,”
Putin turned to his minister of foreign affairs, Sergey Lavrov, and said, “it
is imperative to push for serious, long-term guarantees that safeguard Russia’s
security . . ..”
