13 minutes agoRussian MP threatens Finland: If you enter NATO, you are next target
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)A Russian lawmaker has warned Finland that she will face serious consequences if she joins NATO, saying membership would make her a KPKvalid and ensure the country's destruction, writes the Daily Mail, Pryskopi follows. The Scandinavian state has stepped up efforts to become a NATO member with the minister [...]
The Scandinavian state has stepped up efforts to become a NATO member, with Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, who said his state's position would be clarified in the coming weeks.
But lawmaker Vladimir Dzhabarov from Russia's High House said membership in the alliance would be “a terrible tragedy”, with similar threats of aggression in Ukraine.
“If Finland's leadership decides on such a thing, it would be a strategic error”, he said.
“Finland, which has been successfully developed throughout these years thanks to economic and trade ties with Russia, would become the next target. I think this would be a terrible tragedy for all the people of Finland”, he added.
His warnings came after Minister Haavisto said today that NATO member states have offered their help to ensure the application process.
Support for Finland to join NATO has increased since its neighbour, Russia, invaded Ukraine.
