Moscow: Russia warns Monday that the decision by Finland and Sweden to join the NATO military alliance is a serious mistake and Moscow will take steps.”This is another big mistake with broad consequences,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters.
“The general level of military tension will increase,” he said as quoted by the Russian news agency.He added, “It is unfortunate that common sense is sacrificed for some ghost ideas about what to do in the current situation.”Ryabkov said the security of the two countries would not strengthen as a result of these steps and that Moscow would take steps.
“They should not have an illusion that we will only hold with this,” he said.Finland and Sweden are ready to throw away for decades of non-military running to join NATO as a defense of aggression feared by Russia.Moscow has warned Finland, with which he shared the border of 1,300 kilometers (800 miles), that it would take “reciprocal steps”.
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto spoke with Russian colleague Vladimir Putin on Saturday on the application of the state for NATO membership.Kremlin said Putin looked at the end of the Finnish military neutrality as a “mistake”.Finland announced his intention to join NATO on Sunday when the Swedish party said that it supports membership, opening the way for the joint application.