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The Kremlin has warned it will take ‘militatry steps’ against Sweden and Finland if they join the security alliance

The Kremlin warned about taking retaliatory steps after Finland’s leaders came out in favor of applying to join NATO

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For decades, Russia and other nations collaborated on scientific and environmental issues in the Arctic. Now, there's concern that Finland and Sweden joining NATO could spark a military buildup there.

Ukraine news from May 13: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he is prepared to hold discussions with Putin over ending war.

Editorial: Support for membership in Finland and Sweden shows the Russian president’s assault on Ukraine has only strengthened the alliance

For decades Finland and Sweden have been prodded, raided and provoked by Russian forces

With Finland’s leaders announcing they want the country to join Nato, and all the signs pointing to Sweden doing the same, it is becoming clearer than ever that Vladimir Putin’s attempt to fundamentally restructure the European security order has worked. But it hasn’t worked the way the Russian president envisaged…

Finland and Sweden are inching closer to joining NATO in what would be another jolt to the European security landscape following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The combination of Russia's decades-old fear of an eastwards-expanding NATO and its own invasion into Ukraine seems to have had an adverse effect: non-aligned Finland and Sweden strongly considering joining the anti-Russian alliance and increasing the tense stand-off between Moscow and the west.

Security pacts with the Nordic nations have been signed