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"Not one inch east" refers to Soviet-NATO agreement for former GDR (East Germany). Gorbachev confirmed there was no agreement on NATO expansion, and NATO kept its promise. https://www.techarp.com/politics/jeffrey-sachs-nato-not-one-inch-east-promise/ https://www.rbth.com/international/2014/10/16/mikhail_gorbachev_i_am_against_all_walls_40673.html Russia wanted to join NATO Gorbachev: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/broken-promise-nato Yeltsin: https://www.pnp.ru/in-world/elcin-govoril-klintonu-chto-rf-dolzhna-pervoy-sredi-ryada-stran-vstupit-v-nato.html https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/19822789 https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/30920-document-8-cable-us-embassy-moscow-state-department-presidents-dinner-president Putin: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-says-discussed-joining-nato-with-clinton/28526757.html
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