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Finland officially joined NATO on Tuesday, in a nightmare scenario for Russia, which views the military alliance as a threat. Map shows how Russia's border with NATO more than doubles with Finland ...
Finland joined the NATO military alliance Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Russia with a historic realignment of the continent triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Nordic country's ...
Finland officially joined Nato on Tuesday, 4 April. The Northern European country - which borders Russia - applied to join the military alliance following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Finland has been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since 4 April 2023. [1]In the aftermath of World War II, following the formation of NATO in 1949 and throughout the Cold War, Finland maintained a position of neutrality, in what became known as Finlandization, in the face of its often complicated relations with the Soviet Union.
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On 6 June 2023 Finland expelled nine Russian diplomats, believed to be working for an intelligence service. In July 2023 Russia ordered the closure of Finland's St Petersburg consulate and expelled nine diplomats. Entry into Finland for Russian citizens was indefinitely limited. [116] Finland would end up joining NATO.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to further expansion of NATO. Finland officially joined NATO on 4 April 2023 [31] and Sweden joined NATO on 7 March 2024. Both Finland and Sweden have a long-standing position of neutrality, and their accession to NATO would constitute a significant change in international security.
Finland is now NATO alliance's 31st nation, a major blow to Russia with a historic realignment of Europe spurred by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.