Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of problems with neighbouring Finland after it joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO earlier this y
Moscow [Russia], December 17 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of “problems” with neighbouring Finland after it joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) earlier this year, CNN reported.
“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 stated in an interview on Sunday.
Notably, Finland’s accession to NATO constituted a significant shift in northern Europe’s security landscape, adding over 1,300 kilometres (830 miles) to the alliance’s border with Russia.
It was also a setback for President Putin, who has long opposed NATO expansion.
