..so Russia cannot be part of NATO
Says who? Russia never applied to join.
There's no rule saying they can't join.
Off course, to be able to join they'ld be required to do some serious reforms off course. Shame democracies where political opposition is jailed, banished or killed do not qualify.
, but they have to accept that NATO is expanding and can't stop
its expansion and influence.
The only reason it expands is because there are countries that beg to join.
Every time a country joined, it was because that country wanted to. NATO never forced, or even invited, anybody to join.
Every expansion was at the sovereign request of the country that joined.
People like
@Estro Felino pretend to be so much pro-self-determination of people. But when this self-determination makes them choose to join NATO, then suddenly it's a bad thing?
It's no surprise that they do not accept that.
Maybe it's not up to Russia to "not accept" the sovereign decisions of other nations?
Before 2022 Norway and Sweden didn't want to join NATO. Nobody in NATO was angry about that. Nobody was trying to force them into joining.
Post 2022, it was Norway and Sweden's own sovereign decision to join.
Why are these discussions always about what "Russia" does or doesn't like?
What about what Ukraine likes? What about what Norway and Sweden like?
Are their likes and dislikes less important then Russia's?
Who's decision is it what alliance Sweden or Ukraine does or doesn't engage in?
The Ukrainians/Russians have to die due to major
powers squabbling over this..
No. Ukrainians / Russians are dying because Putin ordered his army to invade. This is the only reason that Ukrainians and Russians are fighting in Ukraine.