According to Agence France-Presse, Russia's ** Putin warned in an interview sent by Russian media on December 17 about Finland's accession to NATO earlier this year, saying that there would be "problems", and Moscow will set up a new military district in northwestern Russia in response.
Putin data map from TASS.
They (the West) dragged Finland into NATO. Have we ever had a dispute with them?All disputes, including territorial disputes in the mid-20th century, have long been resolved," Putin told a TV reporter, "there are no problems there, now there will be problems, we will create the Leningrad Military District and concentrate a certain number of military units there." ”
NATO held a ceremony for Finland's accession to NATO at its headquarters in Brussels on April 4 this year. Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO. Russia issued a statement on the same day, saying that Northern Europe was once one of the most stable regions in the world. With Finland's accession to NATO, the situation in the region has changed radically, and Finland's accession to the treaty has a negative impact on Russian-Finnish relations. Russian press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on the same day that NATO's expansion is a sabotage of Russia's security and interests. The Russian side will take countermeasures to ensure its own security tactically and strategically.
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