U.S. President Bill Clinton sincerely wanted to bring Russia into the NATO fold. European countries, though, were strictly opposed, particularly Germany. Previously classified documents from the 1990s reveal German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's two-pronged strategy.
The American-Russian summit in question took place in September 1994. Five years later, Poland, Czechia and Hungary joined the alliance, followed by 11 additional European countries as part of NATO’s eastern expansion. But Russia, the largest country on earth, wasn’t one of them.
If you want to ignore the 3 separate wars in Georgia in 1991-1993 with Russia support and direct Russian involvement then fine, but the first chechen war in 1994-1996 and the second chechen war 99-09 fall in that timeframe.
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If you want to ignore the 3 separate wars in Georgia in 1991-1993 with Russia support and direct Russian involvement then fine, but the first chechen war in 1994-1996 and the second chechen war 99-09 fall in that timeframe.