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DISINFO: USSR agreed with unification of Germany in exchange for Eastern European countries not joining NATO
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: protiproud.cz (archived)*
  • Date of publication: February 10, 2017
  • Outlet language(s): Czech
  • Reported in: Issue 59
  • Countries / regions discussed: USSR, Germany
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Eastern Europe NATO

DISINFO: USSR agreed with unification of Germany in exchange for Eastern European countries not joining NATO

SUMMARY

There has been an agreement between president Bush and president Gorbachev that NATO won’t be enlarged by the Eastern European countries in exchange for USSR’s agreement with the unification of Germany.

RESPONSE

No such promise was ever made, and Russia has never produced any evidence to back up its claim: bit.ly/2eFPg9s,

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