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Turkey threatens to block Nordic NATO bids over ‘security concerns’
May 26, 2022 06:29Turkey has threatened to obstruct the process of Sweden and Finland joining the NATO military alliance if the two Nordic states fail to address Ankara’s “security concerns” related to the pair’s support for Kurdish militants outlawed in Turkey.
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Russia taking ‘countermeasures’ against Finland, Sweden joining NATO, cuts gas flows to Helsinki
May 20, 2022 10:00Moscow is set to take “adequate countermeasures” to oppose military threats near its western borders posed by Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership, says Russia’s defense minister.
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Finland PM says no nuclear arms or NATO bases on Finland's soil even after membership
May 19, 2022 09:46Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has rejected the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons or establishing NATO military bases on her country's soil even in the event that Helsinki becomes a member of the US-led Western military alliance.
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Finland, Sweden to buy weapons after applying for NATO membership
May 19, 2022 06:02Finland and Sweden are set to buy portable firearms and anti-tank weapons, Finland’s defense ministry has announced, as the Nordic countries have formally applied to join NATO.
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Turkey: Erdogan says Sweden, Finland ‘harboring terrorists’, opposes NATO bid
May 18, 2022 13:25Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he cannot endorse the bid of Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as the two Nordic countries continue to lend support to terrorist groups against his country.
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EU to defend Finland, Sweden in event of Russian attack amid NATO bids
May 18, 2022 06:18European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has voiced the bloc's readiness to defend Finland and Sweden in the event of a Russian attack even before the two countries become NATO members.
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Finland, Sweden's entry into NATO to make no big difference: Russia
May 17, 2022 09:54Russia says Finland and Sweden's potential membership in NATO would probably make no difference as the pair have long participated in the military alliance's drills along with other putative neutral countries in the region.
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Russia strikes Donetsk military sites, calls NATO bid of Finland, Sweden ‘grave mistake’
May 16, 2022 09:00The Russian army has focused its fresh offensive in Ukraine on the eastern Donetsk region, targeting military sites in several towns across the restive region, the Ukrainian military said on Monday.
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Russia to cut electricity to Finland as Helsinki moves toward NATO bid
May 14, 2022 00:58Russia is likely to suspend electricity supplies to Finland this weekend as Helsinki seems adamant about pursuing its ambitious bid of joining the US-led NATO military alliance amid the raging war in Ukraine.
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Russia-West confrontation inevitable with Finland poised to join NATO
May 13, 2022 06:37Security experts have warned that further confrontation between the West and Russia seems inevitable as Finland looks set to become the 31st member of the NATO military alliance.