Were they discussing anti missile and security agreements? Perhaps 'give Europe to Russia' in context of security agreements doesn't mean they were going to take over the continent.
A FOIA'd conversation between Clinton and Russian president Yeltsin, from 1999:
Psychopathic culture.
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/20592-national-security-archive-doc-06-memorandum
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Peter provided the source. Just read it. It goes on with "Bill, I'm serious. Give Europe to Europe itself. Europe never felt as close to Russia as it does now. We have no difference of opinion with Europe, except maybe on Afganistan and Pakistan—which, by the way, is training Chechens. These are bandits, headhunters and killers. They're raping American women. They're cutting off ears and other parts of their hostages. We're fighting these types of terrorists. Let's not accuse Russia that we are too rough with these kinds of people. There are only two options: kill them or put them on trial. There's no third option, but we can put them on trial, and sentence them to 20Â-25 years."
Here is the full conversation. Now on nostr.
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