Oh and btw after the 2004 NATO enlargement (including the Baltics) Putin said that he saw no threat to Russia from that, and also that every country was free to choose their alliance.
As NATO Finally Arrives on Its Border, Russia Grumbles
Russia’s lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly adopted a resolution on Wednesday denouncing NATO’s expansion generally and the deployment of the F-16’s specifically.
Echoing warnings in Russia’s new military doctrine set forth last fall, the resolution called on President Vladimir V. Putin to reconsider Russia’s international agreements with NATO and its own defense strategies, including its nuclear posture.