Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of “problems” with neighboring Finland, which joined NATO earlier this year, saying Moscow would retaliate by creating a new military district in northwestern Russia, AFP reported.
Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometer border with Russia, joined NATO in April this year. in the midst of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “They (the West) brought Finland into NATO. Did we have any disputes with them? All disputes, including the territorial ones in the middle of the last century, have long been resolved,” Putin said in an interview with the state-run Russia 1 television station. 7 “There were no problems there , and now there will be, because we are creating the Leningrad Military District and will deploy significant military units there.”
His comments come after Finland closed its border with Russia again this week amid accusations that Moscow is orchestrating a migrant crisis.
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