Moscow has warned that if the Nordic nations are accepted into the alliance, 'Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps.'
and Prime Minister Sanna Marin both said on Thursday that their country should apply to join the transatlantic military bloc"without delay."
As Russian political analyst Fyodor Lukyanov said on his Telegram channel"Russia in Global Affairs," Finland joining NATO would increase Russia's land border with NATO member states by around 800 miles. Putin has repeatedly cited the eastward expansion of NATO — which he calls a threat to Russian security — as one of the primary reasons for launching his war in Ukraine.
"Finland's accession to NATO will cause serious damage to bilateral Russian-Finnish relations and maintenance of stability and security in the Northern European region," the Foreign Ministry said."Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps, both of a military-technical and other nature, in order to neutralize the threats to its national security that arise from this.
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