Putin warns of problems with neighboring Finland after West ‘dragged it into NATO’

[CharlieH]

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned there will be “problems” with neighboring Finland after it joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) earlier this year.

Finland’s ascension to NATO marked a major shift in the security landscape in northern Europe, and added some 1,300 kilometers (830 miles) to the alliance’s frontier with Russia.

It was also a blow for President Putin, who has long warned against NATO expansion.

 

 

“They (the West) took Finland and dragged it into NATO! Why, did we have any disputes with Finland? All disputes, including those of a territorial nature in the middle of the 20th Century, have all been resolved long ago,” Putin said in an interview published on Sunday.

“There were no problems, but now there will be, because we will now create the Leningrad military district there and definitely concentrate military units there,” Putin added in the interview by Russian state broadcaster Russia 1.

Putin also dismissed as “complete nonsense” remarks from US President Joe Biden, who earlier this month warned that Putin would “keep going” if he takes Ukraine, suggesting that Russia could eventually attack a NATO ally and draw US troops into conflict.

 

The Russian leader said Russia “has no reason, no interest, no geopolitical interest, neither economic, nor political, nor military, to fight with NATO countries,” adding Moscow does not have any territorial claims in NATO countries.

“There is no desire to spoil relations with them (NATO countries), we are interested in developing relations,” Putin added.

 

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[Tug]

Ahh no Mr Putin YOU are the reason Finland joined nato lol 😂 and I’m sure the Ukrainians would just love it if you so much as scuffed up one Finn and pssssttt just so ya know so would a lot of non Finn’s nato would have you and your mob run out of Ukraine lickety split!!and we all know what’s going to happen to Mr Putin after that!

[ozimoron]

The same "problems" might soon befall Sweden. Sweden has been at peace for 200 years and now this. This should be a wake up call to Republicans that if Putin wins in Ukraine, the US national interests will be severely damaged and fascism wins. I believe that is the goal of these traitors.

 

Top security actors, including Swedish Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin and the country’s Commander-in-Chief, Micael Bydén, agree that Sweden could soon be facing a war and called for increased resilience, including among the civilian population.

 

As Sweden is expected to join NATO in 2024 and the broader context of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Sweden’s Civil Defence Minister, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, urged his fellow citizens to prepare for war at the Folk och Försvar conference in Sälen.

 

“Many have said it before me, but let me say it with the force of my office – there could be a war in Sweden.”, he said, adding that awareness needs to be translated into practical action.

 

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/swedish-minister-commander-in-chief-warn-of-possible-war-in-sweden/

 

 

Edited January 10 by ozimoron