One sure way for Russia to dissuade its immediate neighbors from joining NATO would be for Russia to cease threatening, attacking, and occupying its immediate neighbors.
As is, Russia is like an abuser threatening that he will keep abusing until his victims promise never to seek a court order to stop the abuse.
"I only hit you because you keep complaining about me hitting you."
Another way- hear me out- is for Russia to offer an economically dynamic, culturally appealing model of development that Russia’s neighbors freely wish to be associated with, rather than bullied into submitting to
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