Russia in 1994 was "strategic partner", not any sort of enemy, opponent, adversary. The regime had just slaughtered all the uppity commie residents (and bystanders) in the streets of Moscow and shelled the White House, so it seemed that "the end of history" is there for good and it's the best place for all the Soviet nuclear weapons from anywhere.
Russia in 1994 was "strategic partner", not any sort of enemy, opponent, adversary. The regime had just slaughtered all the uppity commie residents (and bystanders) in the streets of Moscow and shelled the White House, so it seemed that "the end of history" is there for good and it's the best place for all the Soviet nuclear weapons from anywhere.