Putin’s plan to derail NATO will have the “the opposite effect” — a nightmare for Russia

Putin’s plan to derail NATO will have the “the opposite effect” — a nightmare for Russia

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April 5, 2022

Putin’s plan to derail NATO will have the “the opposite effect” — a nightmare for Russia

Hans Kristensen, head of the Federation of American Scientists’ Nuclear Information Project, stated: “Putin’s efforts to halt NATO expansion are having the opposite effect. Finland may be next.” Despite Putin’s warnings that the Nordic states should remain out of the alliance, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin stated a decision on whether to join will be taken “during this spring.”

In a phone call on March 28, the country’s President, Sauli Niinisto, announced on Facebook that he had asked NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg for specifics on the principles and methods for accepting new members.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told Reuters that Finland’s leaders have discussed future NATO membership with “nearly all” of the organization’s 30 members and are ready to deliver a report to parliament by the middle of this month.

According to an inquiry conducted by Helsingin Sanomat, Finland’s largest newspaper, the outcome of the assessment will almost probably be an application.

According to over a dozen insiders “well informed of Finland’s NATO discussions” who talked to the journal, “many signals” indicate that “Finland will most certainly seek for a military alliance in NATO as early as next year.”

Despite the fact that freight services between the two cities began last week, the conditions of their collaboration were altered when Russia invaded Ukraine.

Supo, Finland’s intelligence service, has warned that the nation should brace itself for an increase in Russian cyber assaults as well as attempts to bribe politicians into supporting NATO membership.

According to the report, the Kremlin may exploit fabricated charges of abuse against local Russians residing in Finland to justify hostilities.

“Finnish society as a whole should be prepared for different efforts from Russia aiming to influence policymaking in Finland on the NATO issue,” the agency warned.

The likelihood of Ukraine joining NATO is at the heart of Russia’s rationale for its attacks on Kyiv, which the Kremlin refers to as a “special operation.”