Servicemen before the start of a joint NATO exercise. File photoMOSCOW, May 12.When Finland joins NATO, the alliance's troops may appear in the immediate vicinity of St. members to the alliance. So, according to the Russian side, this step will put an end to the non-nuclear status of the Baltic Sea.
"If Finland joins NATO, which is quite likely, the alliance's troops will be at arm's length from St. Petersburg" drew the attention of Zhou Bo.
A Chinese military observer urged the North Atlantic Alliance to take Russia's position on this issue seriously.Moscow will react if Finland joins NATO, the Foreign Ministry said «Ironically, the more popular NATO becomes, the less secure Europe becomes. <…> If NATO's main fear is the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, then why tirelessly tease Vladimir Putin? Security in Europe, which is now a thing of the past, can only be ensured through cooperation with Russia,” the author of the publication noted. The Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg supported this idea and promised to provide both countries with a quick entry. The Kremlin called the accession of Sweden and Finland to the alliance an existential threat to the country. And Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that it is necessary to be ready for the bloc's aggressive actions against the backdrop of attempts to expand its presence at the Russian borders. not afraid of deliveries of American Patriots to Sweden