Boris Yeltsin meets Bill Clinton in the Kremlin. Archival photoMOSCOW, 13 Jun. Former US President Bill Clinton broke his promise to Russia not to expand NATO to the east, American historian, philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky said in an interview with Massachusetts Peace Action. According to him, George W. Bush agreed with Mikhail Gorbachev that that the North Atlantic alliance would not move «an inch» east in exchange for a united Germany joining the bloc.
"George Bush Sr. kept his promise, in the early years his successor Bill Clinton also followed him, but in In the mid-1990s, he began to say the opposite. <…> In 1997, Clinton broke his promise and invited the Visegrad Group to join NATO. His successor, George W. Bush, opened the door to everyone, inviting even Ukraine into the alliance,” Chomsky said.
The historian noted that Bill Clinton misled former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, claiming that he was using these statements to internal audience in the United States.» He told his friend Boris Yeltsin in plain text: «Don't worry, I need this to win the presidential election,» the source explained. Chomsky also recalled that many American officials had been warning Bely for 35 years 
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