[HIGHLIGHTS] Grushko: the entry of the USSR or Russia into NATO would change the nature of this organization

Grushko: the entry of the USSR or Russia into NATO would change the nature of this organization. Western countries also argued that such a move “could weaken the UN” and that the Soviet Union “does not belong to the club of democratic states” In February, President Vladimir Putin spoke in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson about a conversation with Bill Clinton about Russia's entry into NATO.

“If we talk about the formal side of the matter, of course, Russia, the new Russia, did not submit an application. But exploratory conversations were held,” Grushko noted.