Russia will monitor the actions of Finland, which promised not to deploy nuclear weapons after joining NATO, and evaluate not words, but deeds, as said by the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Earlier, Finnish Foreign Minister, Pekka Haavisto, stated that Finland does not seek to deploy NATO nuclear weapons on its territory. “We are
The number of the NATO grouping in Eastern and Central Europe has grown 2.5 times, and now it is more than 30 thousand people, which may increase in the near future, as was stated on Wednesday by Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting of the joint board with the military department of the
The bill on Finland’s membership in NATO does not contain any restrictions on bringing nuclear weapons into the country or establishing NATO bases there, Iltalehti reports with reference to its foreign and security policy sources. The F-35A fighters that Finland also acquired can be equipped with tactical nuclear weapons if necessary. It is reported that
Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia, Konstantin Kosachev, said that the words of NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, that cooperation between Beijing and Moscow in the Arctic challenges the interests of the alliance are a direct threat to Russia. Earlier, NATO Secretary General called the cooperation of Russia and China in the Arctic
Yesterday, on July 28, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, began a working trip to Karelia with a visit to the new command and control center of the Petrozavodsk airport. He listened to reports on the organization of regional air traffic and visited the control room. As specified, fom Petrozavodsk, Medvedev will
Yesterday, on July 28, the EU Commission banned Finland from refusing to issue visas to Russians. However, now the customs has tightened the rules for the carriage of foreign currency and goods. From Finland, it is now impossible to export goods more expensive than 300 euros per piece, equipment over 750 euros, and food over
On Monday, July 11, Lithuania extended limits on trade through its territory to Russia’s Baltic enclaves of Kaliningrad, following an earlier EU announcement of anti-Russian sanctions. Kaliningrad borders on NATO and the EU states, Lithuania and Poland, and relies on railways and roads through Lithuania for most goods. As reminded, the coastal territory has
In mid-May, Sweden and Finland officially applied to join NATO, explaining the decision by growing tenses around the Europe due to the difficult situation in Ukraine and Russia’s special military operation there. The Head of the Finnish intelligence service Supo, Antti Pelttari, expressed his surprise of the fact Russia has not responded to Helsinki’s initiative
The governor of the Leningrad Region, Alexander Drozdenko, expressed his opinion on Finland’s accession to NATO to Daily Storm. He believes that Finland will suffer greatly from joining NATO, because the Finnish economy is too closely connected with the Russian one. “The decisions [on joining NATO] that they have made today — they may not
Former US President, George W. Bush, in a telephone conversation with renowned Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov (Vovan) and Alexey Stolyarov (Lexus), confessed that the US administration together with his father, George Bush, had really promised the Soviet Union’s former president, Mikhail Gorbachev, that NATO would not expand. He also confirmed, the promise is not relevant
Russia will be obliged to respond to the threat from NATO in the event of an expansion of the alliance’s infrastructure in Finland and Sweden, Russian Security Council Secretary, Nikolai Patrushev, said. “In the event of the expansion of the alliance’s military infrastructure on the territory of Finland and Sweden, Russia will perceive this as
Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, said on Thursday, May 19, that Helsinki is opposed to NATO deploying nuclear weapons or establishing bases inside Finland if it joins the military alliance. Swedish Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, has also said Sweden doesn’t plan on hosting NATO nuclear weapons or bases. Finland and Sweden formally applied to join
Large-scale NATO military drills has started in Estonia on Monday, May 16. The exercise called “Hedgehog 2022” is one of the largest in the Baltic nation’s history, according to the military bloc, and will involve about 15,000 troops from 14 nations. It is noted that soldiers from Finland, Sweden, Georgia, and Ukraine will also take
