"NATO perhaps would gladly fight with Russia until the last Finnish soldier"... Putin said.

Putin hints Russia will react if Finland joins NATO

by Denis Dyomkin and Tuomas Forsell

President Vladimir Putin suggested on Friday Russia could move its troops closer to the Finnish-Russian border if Finland joins NATO and called for measures to improve conflict prevention over the Baltic.

Finnish armed forces "would become part of NATO's military infrastructure, which overnight would be at the borders of the Russian Federation", Putin said after meeting Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.


"Do you think we will keep it as it is: our troops at 1,500 (kilometers, 900 miles) away?"

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