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.
