finland is safer and nato is stronger with finland as an ally. your forces are substantial and highly capable. your resilience is second to none. for many years, trips from finland and nato countries have worked side-by-side as partners. from today, we stand together as allies. this sends a clear message that every nation has the right to choose its own path, that nato's door remains open and no one can close it with force or coercion. nato is a community united by our values, freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. stand together, we protect and defend each other. all for one and one for all. president niinisto, i am glad to be here together with you on this great today. thank you for your outstanding leadership and your tireless work to make this day possible. i am glad and proud to be the secretary-general that welcomes finland fully into nato. welcome to the alliance. [applause] >> the president of finland will now deliver his address. [speaking foreign language] >> secretary-general stoltenberg , excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. finland

we can declare that finland is the sist we can declare that finland is the 31st member of the t. —— of treaty. former us president donald trump is in new york to face criminal charges, relating to alleged hush money paid to a former porn star this is the scene live in manhattan — where security is high for one of the biggest stories of the year... let's cross live to brussels. finline has become the 31st member of nato and nato secretary general jens stoltenberg is holding a press conference. let'sjoin it. at jens stoltenberg is holding a press conference. let's join it.— conference. let's 'oin it. at times like this friends _ conference. let's join it. at times like this friends and _ conference. let's join it. at times like this friends and allies - conference. let's join it. at times like this friends and allies are - like this friends and allies are more important than ever and a fenland now has the strongest friends and allies in the world. president putin wanted to slam nato's today we show the world that he failed. that aggression and intimidation do not work. instead of less na

the president of finland will now deliver_ the president of finland will now deliver his — the presidentf finland will now deliver his address. secretary—general stoltenberg, ministers, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. finland today has become the 31st member of nato. the era of military nonalignment in our history has come to an end. a new era begins. each country maximises its own security, and so does finland. nato membership strengthens our international position and room for manoeuvre. as a partner, we have actively participated in nato activities. as an ally, finland will contribute to nato�*s collective deterrent and defence. . membership of the alliance provides security for finland. finland on the other hand provides security for the alliance. the finland commitment to security of member states will be reliable as an ally. that strengthens regional stability. membership is not targeted against anyone, nor does it change the foundations or objectives of finland's security policy. finland is a stable and predictable nordic country that seeks peaceful resolution of disputes. the

finland _ finland and what will the difference be between finland and _ finland and what will the differencein this regard? — be between finland and sweden in this regard?— this regard? well, what happens toda is this regard? well, what happens today is finland _ this regard? well, what happens today is finland becomes - this regard? well, what happens today is finland becomes a - this regard? well, what happens today is finland becomes a fully| today is finland becomes a fully fledged member of the alliance. that means of course that they will now participate fully as a member in all nato meetings, activities, military structures, command structures and all parts of nato, civilian and military structures. but of course most importantly, is that by becoming a member, finland will get an ironclad security guarantee. article five, the collective defence close, all for one will from today apply for finland. but of course, this is something that builds on what has happened over the last year. because when nato allies, the heads of state of government at the summit in madrid injune last year deci

there's something about finland that goes back to the 2nd world war when finland feels like it was left alone to fight against the soviet union and ended it one, had to give up a little territory. but the fins felt in the winter war that nobody came to save them, that even though countries promised to come, they didn't send assistance fast enough and, and they had to fight alone. that is the feeling. i can't tell you how strongly finns feel. they are still afraid of being left alone to fight their big neighbor. now with nato's article 5, covering them the promise that one for all and all for one, they feel like they would have help if, if the worst were to happen. if russia were to reinforce its military along the finish border and dare to cross it, that's the biggest thing that will change because it's already well equipped and install ready defending that border itself. there it's a big border terry, a 1300 kilometers long uh, between finland and russia. it's defending that. of course, this is quite a task. russia has warned that nato troops deploying in finland would be a big problem

so that's nato and finland. but what about russia on the other side of the border, terry, what is, how was russia reacting to this? so this has been a very interesting development. i mean, because again, a little over a year ago, finland wasn't thinking of joining nato and russia had always threatened that if the country dared to do so that there would be repercussions. and in fact, it tried to say that again, when finland's population started, started moving in the direction of joining nato, russia told it that would be a mistake. and in fact, that's where you really saw finished president sally. nina sto, change his mind. he got angry that russia would dare to tell finland what it could and couldn't do where it could and couldn't be. and that's where nina so started to come out for the 1st time, really strongly in favor of nato membership. he didn't like being told what to do. and so russia now is not in a good position to make any territorial threat to finland. and fact fins have tracked the armaments and, an

finland is safer, and nato is stronger with finland as an ally.r resilience is second to none, and for many years troops from finland and nato countries have worked side by side and we stand together today as allies. this sends a clear message that every nation has the right to choose its own path. the nato door is open and no one can force it open with coercion. freedom, democracy and the rule of law. over 114. i am glad to be here with you president thank you for your leadership and tireless work to make the day possible. and we want to be the ones to welcome finland fully into the nato family. welcome to the alliance. applause the president of finland will now deliver— the president of finland will now deliver his — the president of finland will now deliver his address. secretary—general stoltenberg, ministers, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. finland today has become the 31st member of nato. the era of military nonalignment in our history has come to an end. a new era begins. each country maximises its own security, and so does finland. nat

finland being the first -- to join nato. it was 20 minutes. >> finland is our 31st ally. with this step, finland is safer, nato is stronger we look forward to welcoming suite into nato in the near future it is militarily capable, strong democracy, fully dedicated to upholding the commitments of the alliance including article five. at the nato leader summit last summer, nato allies agreed on a new strategy for the first time in a decade since then, including -- we have been working to implement the strategy. making the alliance stronger, more resilient, better positioned for the future. we are building on the investment pledged to invest 2% of our gdp into defense. it is critical we have the means to replenish stockpiles and meet force generation commitments. to meet -- to keep pace with 21st century challenges. we build new partnerships including the indo pacific. we welcome the participation of japan, australia, south korea, zeeland -- new zealand. who share our view of a free indo pacific region. recognizing that is interconnected and global in nature. of course the lin

from finland.was a political consolidation of the parliament of the finnish edetskunt and the government headed by young people. now this all moved the processes quite quickly and finland became a member of nato in almost six months. moreover, it is also symbolic that today, april 4, is the foundation day nato, on april 4, 1949, the north atlantic treaty act was signed and nato itself was created, and on the day of its creation, they accepted finland into nato . well, the so-called washington treaty was then signed on the creation of a political alliance . so we are now waiting for inclusion from brussels because jens stoltenberg should be included there and talk about the remarks about ukraine, we will listen to stoltenberg's national assembly and return to our broadcast and the courage, stability of the ukrainian people and ukrainian leaders, and also yours personally and president zelenskyi and also we see how you can mention or the russian aggressors and nato fully supports you in this i welcom

that what is happening in finland what politicians come to finland how whom to support in finland weiod of time i want to note that after the collapse of the soviet union , ties with finland generally collapsed. after all, it was a privileged partner of the ussr and ceased to be one in the nineties , because it turned out to be connected with other structures that have gone into the past, and the new structures worked in completely different countries, and therefore we first of all, i want to note. here we have lost over a long period of time levers of influence within finland on finnish politics, and it naturally built into the very thing called why is it natural, because because finland was interested in finding its new place in this system that was created after the collapse of the soviet union. she found him. she found him, including by strengthening her ties with the west instead of ties with russia, and, of course. there are a number of other circumstances. there is, of course, a group of people, finnish people have always been, well, i can conditionally call them revenge-seeke

the membership of finland. but we plan that finland and sweden could join together. they couldn't sweden and finland both applied for membership last year. but no stock home has been left standing on the sidelines. it spade held up by a political tiff after turkey accused. we didn't of offering safe haven to terrorists. hungary to has been holding out on ratification a source of frustration for the swedish foreign minister. we would like to see this happen as soon as possible. there is no reason for neither the turkish parliament over hungarian parliament to make any for further delays. russia use nato as a threat to its security. and once key of bard from ever joining, the alliance insists its door remains open. but there is no clarity on when ukraine may be invited to walk through it. for no nato nations said they'll keep arming t if. as this alliance grows from 30 to 31 pretty significant day for nato. that is why i asked our correspondent, terry shelton, brussels who's been at the headquarters all day long

as hale finland's membership of nato. i'm tempted to say this is maybe the one thing i'll we can thank mister fulton for, ah, because he at once again here is precipitated something he claims to wanna prevent by russia's aggression causing many countries to believe that they had to do more to look out for their own defense, and i to make sure that they could deter possible russian aggression going forward . let's go live that he cranes, capital key vouchers. here as jonah haul is their jonah. it was the war in ukraine that led to this major change in nate nato's make up, wasn't it? that's right, it, it absolutely wasn't. you know, when russia invaded ukraine last year, it prompted an urgent reassessment by countries bordering russia and near to russia as to their security and the extent to which russia might pose a threat to them in the future. and on the sort of western side of that thinking, you may recall the smaller baltic c states, particularly concerned about that, but they were already members of nato. they already

finland is our 31st ally. with this step, finland is safer, nato is stronger.e look forward to welcoming suite into nato in their future. like finland, it is militarily capable, a strong democracy, fully dedicated to upholding the values that underpin our lives including article five. at the nato leaders summit last summer, nato allies agreed on a strategy for the first time in a decade. since then, including -- we have been working to make our lives stronger, more resilient, better position for the future. we are building on the defense investment plan to invest our gdp in defense. it is critical that we have the means to reduce -- improve readiness for nato missions to keep pace with 21st century challenges. we are developing new partnerships, including the indo pacific. we welcome the participation of japan, australia, south korea, new zealand. we also recognize many of the challenges we face are interconnected and global in nature. and of course, the alliance remains focused on russia's aggression against ukraine. the nato ukraine commission met for the fir

ah, finland becomes the 31st country to join to become a member of nato. ah, our correspond, terry schultz is on the scene there standing just outside nato headquarters. let's cross over to her now. terry nate, this has been applied to join nato last may in may of 2022, a following russia's invasion of ukraine. it, that really hasn't been very long just 11 months, but it's been a tense, 11 months with that war raging in ukraine. there must be a sense of relief among native leaders there today. that's right, finished president saline. mr. was asked earlier if he felt relieved and, and he said, yes, i read that the process that what was bumpy, of course not as bumpy for finland as it continues to be for sweden, but as long as finland and sweden had a tandem bed at applying together finland was also held back by, especially the turkish disdain for sweden and, and the arguments that turkey has that sweden is too soft on, especially kurdish militant groups that reside there in sweden, etc. but i did just a few weeks ago, nato decided that it was in its interest

so does finland. nato membership strengthens our international position and room for maneuver. >> nato allies take a collective defense pledge under which an attack on one is viewed as an attack on all. that means finnish troops are now bound to protect other members of the military alliance, and lend, which shares a border with russia, can now count on backup from nato allies like the united states, france, and germany. >> this is a day of joy because finland is gaining more security and nato is getting stronger by the membership of finland, but we wanted finland and sweden to join together. >> but they could not. finland and sweden both applied for membership last year, but not stockholm has been left standing on the sidelines. turkey accused sweden of offering safe haven to terrorists. hungary, too, has been holding out on recitation, -- on ratification. >> there's no reason for the turkish parliament or the hungarian parliament to make any form of delays. >> pressure views nato as a threat to its

ah, hello, we begin with finland's nato beds in about 2 hours. the country is set to formerly joined the world's biggest security alliance. it's a major policy shift for helsinki that's maintained neutrality for years. but the conflict and ukraine changed that and prompted finland to apply for membership 10 months ago. charles stratford begins, are coverage. finland asked the 31st member or our alliance. this'll make fillum safer, and nathan stronger. finland is becoming a member of a western alliance, long viewed as a rival force by russia. helsinki had previously avoided joining nato to avoid any perception of provoking moscow. oh, oh, but russia's invasion of ukraine in february last year changed that finland borders . russia wasn't alone, was fully sweden also applied and for the same reason, ality, initially, nato members, turkey and hungry, refused to support their applications. and anchor is still blocking sweden's membership. it says it's not doing enough to rein in what it describes is kurdish terrorists living in sweden, who it says und

that is where a finland flag will be hoisted and once finland flag is waving in the wind here, finland will have officially waved good bye to its long held policy of military non alignment. for decades, finland was happy to be a partner of nato, but not a member, but everything changed last year with russia's full scale invasion of ukraine and fins were forced to really radically rethink their security policy and their security set up. now what changes most importantly for finland, tiers that becoming natal means it becomes party to nato's article 5, that is a collective promise, a collected defense pledge, which nato allies take under which an attack on one ally is seen as an attack on all to day as finland formerly exceeds to the alliance that means that nato's borders with russia will more than double overnight. so it's not mere. putin wanted les nato on his borders will, that seems to have backfired, will be getting the exact opposite. finland's nato exertion did not come easily, rosy, turkey and hungary delayed it, and those countries are still blocking sweden's bed. what does tha

a follow-up on finland. how do you see that finland will strengthen the alliance? and do you see that this decision to join can also strengthen the ties between the u.s. and finland? for instance, in regard to a future defense cooperation agreement. thank you. mr. blinken: thank you. well, the bilateral ties between the u.s. and finland are already extraordinarily strong. but, i think finland's membership in the alliance can, if it does anything, will only strengthen those ties, as well as finland's ties to all of the other members of nato. but, as i said before, what finland brings to this enterprise is a country that has very strong military capacity and, equally important, is a strong democracy. so, both in terms of advancing the interests that bring nato countries together, and, the values that we share, finland is a very compelling member of the alliance. and, i think what is important too is finland and of the nato alliance have been working closely together for years. what membership does now is it makes in a sense what is and something that has been the cas

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will the same happen with finland?no troops of other nato member countries will be present, of course, but we are again talking about the training of both the air force and the navy, which have permanent bases located in specific countries, and therefore negotiations will be held finland, in which this question will be discussed regarding security issues. yes, we understand that the world in which we now live is the result of russia's military and military actions against ukraine, and we are aware of all the cruelty that this war has brought to the european continent and beyond we have seen the sufferings of ukraine , and that is why now more than ever it is important to understand that putin poses a threat not only to ukraine , but in fact to every european state that has the right to make its own decisions about which alliance or union to belong to or independent and as soon as we accept a new member country , finland is a decision, such a position makes both finland and nato stronger. our actions are not provocative

finland will not have any nato troops without the consent of the finnish side.s will be a finnish decision, stoltenberg, by the way, added that finland will bring a professional army and a developed military industry to nato. it is, of course, rather a ritual compliment from its equipment in finland is mainly armored personnel carriers and trucks tanks german infantry fighting vehicles swedish air defense in general with the world on a string, and military spending is somewhere in the fortieth place in the world below greece singapore and the colony. on the other hand, it is impossible, after all , not to take into account that finland is an additional almost one thousand three hundred kilometers of the border with nato, which is now, of course. we will have to strengthen the airspace in finland, aircraft of the long-range radar detection class will appear and management. and also there may be installed mk-41 installations, which allows the launch of cruise missiles, especially when flying not only to st. petersburg but also to moscow . said that we had already

certainly a big moment for finland. and as you say, a big moment for nato nato had wanted finland. and of course sweden as well to join the alliance. now that might not make sense to some people because of course, you're gaining a 1300 kilometer border with russia. but everyone inside nato feels that it's much better to have nato securing that border than to leave finland alone. should there ever be a risk on that border with russia? and so what changes is freeman's expected to see now. there won't be many changes i finland as has been integrated with nato very, very closely as a partner, as has sweden for many years. for decades. finish soldiers have had exercised with nato soldiers, a lot of interoperability, which is why finland was able to access to accede to the organization so quickly. so i think what will change is the feeling of fins that they will never again be left alone as they felt they were after world war 2 in the winter war. they know that if russia were to step until across the finish border, that 30 other countries are bound to come to their defense. and russia ha

this will make finland safer and make _ this will make finland safer and make us— this will make finlandafer and make us stronger. this this will make finland safer and make us stronger.— this will make finland safer and make us stronger. this is the scene live at nato — make us stronger. this is the scene live at nato headquarters, - make us stronger. this is the scene live at nato headquarters, where i make us stronger. this is the scene | live at nato headquarters, where the finnish flag will be raised shortly at a ceremony to mark the day. russia's defence minister sergei shoigu says finland's accession to nato will force russia to take measures to ensure its security. former president donald trump arrives in new york ahead of his appearance in court facing criminal charges. a passenger train crash in the netherlands kills one person and at least 30 people are seriously injured. london city becomes the second uk airport to scrap rules on liquid limits in hand luggage. a ceremony is due to be held in brussels within the next few hours to officially welcome nato�*s newest member. this

what does it practically mean for finland and for nato itself? so i'm here at nato headquarters, and as you can see behind me fluttering in the wind are the flags of the 30 existing nato allies, the countries which are members of this western military alliance. but you might be able to see there is one flagpole without a flag and that is where the flag of fleet finland will be later today hoisted. and once finland's flag is waving in the wind here in brussels, while the country will have officially waved good bye to it's decades long policy of military non alignment. now, until last year, finland had been happy to be a partner of nato, but not a member. you mentioned finland shares of very long border with russia more than a 1000 kilometers. and of course, after the russian invasion of ukraine, things were forced to really reassess their security policy in this marks quite a substantial, a reversal of that long held in that long held policy of military non alignment. know when a finland joins this line, civil than beat from 30 members to 31. and

. years -- things have moved for finland. ~ ., , ., , finland.a finland. we will always have this long border— finland. we will always have this long border with _ finland. we will always have this long border with russia - finland. we will always have this long border with russia and - finland. we will always have this long border with russia and we l finland. we will always have this - long border with russia and we have learnt how to deal with the russians over the centuries, but now we are taking a step towards the west. the last final step, you could say, by joining the transatlantic community. i believe that finland will be a trustworthy partner in nato, and that will affect our national defence as well. all the plans that we do, the command and structure, and maybe one day, you know, the kind of commitments that we give for the alliance. �* , kind of commitments that we give for the alliance-— the alliance. let's talk about consensus — the alliance. let's talk about consensus and _ the alliance. let's talk about consensus and political - t

finland, don't worry, finland will carry out this procedure in a week, because in finland all the partiesn the parliament are euro-atlanticists, the party that will now form the government is the coalition party and the former leader - this is the current president of finland. finland joined nato back in 2000, there in the 10-14th year, when the social democrats who are now leaving power will give it, they were resolute opponents of the very idea of ​​finland joining the donats, so they are not here at all problems. i think that the agreement of finland is just a vote in the parliament that will be confirmed by the president. here the question of turkey is in finland, if hungary as well. reprimanded that he will do it after the parliamentary elections, but this is in addition to the summit on then they can be able to make it so, in principle, this possibility exists because it is clear that now the president with this situation in which it is necessary to demonstrate how he protects national interests in turkey, he is fighting the kurdish underground, and i think he is making a mistake be

to the alliance to have a country like finland. it's been self reliant for so long now inside the alliance . thanks back terry. terry schultz. from the finish russian border and we can take a look at the broader security landscape facing finland with had a smith who's an expert in the finished security policy. welcome to d w. let's start with this fence that building 3 kilometers of offense. it will eventually be 200 kilometers on a boat of at 1300 kilometers long. what good is that going to do? why he's probably quite curious to think about it and then the middle of the forest as well. but the real issue areas do raise to go to keep it b, g 's and include those fences and when different cameras and detecting and devices and so on. and this one gives much higher in warning, given the monitoring comes responses. right? but so this 200, if it is eventually build these 200 meter long fence will give the 1300 kilometer. excuse me, this 200 kilometer long fence will give the 1300 kilometer border, much more security. it just sounds weir

she residues registered outside of finland.— outside of finland. of finland. yeah, definitely. of course, - definitely. of course, internationally minded myself and am always happy when the finnish prime minister, no matter which political caller, is looked upon in a positive light around the world. so it, in that sense, i think she was very good for finland internationally. lets talk about finland becoming the 31st member of nato. i will quote 3ist member of nato. i will quote what russia's deputy foreign minister has said it following mr stoltenberg sentiment. he said in the event that the forces and resources of other nato members are deployed in finland, we will take additional steps to reliably ensure russia's military security. it hasn't specified that butjens stoltenberg talked about and then becoming a safer country. does finland feel— becoming a safer country. does finland feel safer _ becoming a safer country. does finland feel safer today? - finland feel safer today? definitely. i think what we are just hurt their is the quote is exactly

should russia turn finland's way next? and so now finland is in the night, her family does anything change. i think the biggest thing that will change because finland has always taken care of its own defense is, is the sense of security of its citizens. you know, fins were it were very strongly against joining nato for it's since world war 2. and only after this invasion did, they start to change their mind. and once that started, the crescendo was unstoppable. they went from something like 20 percent being in favor of nato membership to now more than 80 percent. and i'm sure it's even higher now. so once they realized that they may need this back up that they definitely wanted to join the alliance. they also wanted sweden to be in giving even more security to the nordic region, but that'll have to come another day. and he told them less than a year to join, which is something of a record. how difficult was it together? that's right, and that's again because finland already met most, if not all of the standards of becoming

l. finland, join nato in response to russia's full scale invasion of ukraine last year is finland's nato membership, likely to change anything regarding the war in ukraine? well, a rush has placed president vladimir putting more than one's actually had cited opposition to nato's eastward enlargement. as one of the justifications for the full scale invasion in ukraine, and while he invaded ukraine even before finland and sweden decided to join nato. but now as a result of the war, a finland, joint nato, and the alliances border with russia will devil. so as, as i said before showing who is a defense minister, sure goose that, that there will be an s. or there might be an escalation of the conflict in ukraine, but he didn't elaborate on that. so we will have to see and wait if he will become more specific. jennifer, thank you very much. our correspondent jennifer parker there in riga and western tanks, missiles and fighter jets without them cube says it has little hope of retaking territory occupied by russian forces. but even in defense, the ukrainian army already faces a more fundamental

anti-russia from finland, we had no disputes. carefully observe what will happen in finland as the north atlantic bloc will, uh, exploit the territory of the deployment rank. there weapons system infrastructure, depending on this, measures will be taken. well, here the ball , whatever one may say, is in the half of the finns' field in brussels they made it clear that the deployment of nato infrastructure in finland should be resolved in helsinki, finland will not be any nato troops without the consent of the finnish side. this will be a finnish decision, stoltenberg, by the way, added that finland will bring a professional army and a developed military industry to nato. this, of course, is more like a ritual compliment from its equipment in finland, mainly armored personnel carriers and trucks, tanks, german infantry fighting vehicles, swedish air defense in general, from the world on a string, and military spending is somewhere in the region of the fortieth place in the world below greece, singapore and colombia, on the other ha

finland for the past years, part many nato exercises including nato troops in finland.g the military budget over 2% like nato, the end of a military invasion of the region. this day is not historical, it is a breakthrough of the history of finland. my understanding, a lot of success in peacekeeping missions , in having big international peace events like the helsinki conference of 1975. this time is over. or what? for having maybe even having nuclear weapons on both sides? this is a step of the escalation in europe. to say make nato is a defense military alliance. have we forgotten afghanistan? i think this is really stupid. let me say one more thing to nato, nato says it is a nato. this is not true. nato is the biggest military alliance in the world. all the agements of japan, malaysia and it is the biggest historical military alliance in the world and not making peace. it is even creating many problems for peace and security. juan: can you talk, reiner braun , about the significance of the german vice chancellor's surprise visit to kyiv? >> all the members of the germ

and finland will really strengthen nato , of course, finland will very seriously strengthen nato, and i will say that nato has strengthened sweden because both of these countries , first of all, they have a fairly strong army in finland, a historically strong army because they knew very well who they were next to and even their times there were neutrality and so on allowed to have a strong one, they ran especially in the 90s, that is, they always had it because they survived two severe wars and the first winter war, 600,000 people died in it. well, we always say, how did the finns become hitler's allies, how did they become, and how did they became allies with dignity if you were attacked by a big, huge state and you were able to escape from it only by putting 600,000 people. it seems to me that on the front for a small country this is huge, and before that there was a civil war of the definite communists too in the 20s they wanted to win and join finland to soviet russia. that is, it was the second war, not the first, and then there was a war during the second world war, the so-calle

linda over the coming days and weeks for sure . journalist denise will in finland force. and que, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making use around the world. parisians have voted overwhelmingly to ban rental electric scooters in the french capital in a referendum, while 89 percent of voters back the band turn. i was extremely low at less than 8 percent. paris is the 1st major european capital to buy the suitors. although private ownership will still be permitted. canyon opposition leader, rayleigh dingo, has cold or planned anti government demonstrations after 2 weeks of chaotic protests or dean guests at his party would instead sit down for talks with president william ros government and his supporters accused roto of stealing last year's presidential election. although the results were upheld by kenya's supreme court administration, he's doing everything. jerry and journalist e sunday l caddy has been sentenced to 3 years in prison by court. in algiers, the prominent government critic was found guilty of receiving foreign funding for his media compan

after all, since the end of world war ii, finland has always remained neutral, then finland has becomeind of buffer zone between west and east from russia, everything is very clear, if the finns begin to place western weapons on their territory, then the russians will immediately respond by deploying defensive weapons, right at the very border of russia will have to deploy a large military force in the north of the country. i would be careful with the celebration of finland's accession to nato, because who does not know how to it will react. with vladimir putin, of course, he is now busy dual in ukraine, but the consequences of the wound or later will overtake nato buffer zones between the west and russia are no more, and therefore the tension between these countries will only grow when the war in ukraine ends. and it will happen sooner or later, then. western leaders will face new challenges in terms of exactly how to use finland as we move towards a new era of cold war between west and east, as has been the case for the past 80 years, alas. wow biyz territory on the border of russia

in addition , finland has become a full member of the alliance in finland will be able to join the natonuclear planning group, joining finland in the north. the atlantic bloc doubled russia's land border with nato . it was 1,200 km. our country shared it with norway estonia latvia lithuania and poland is now about the russian finnish border , the longest among all the borders of russia with the countries of the alliances together, almost 1,300 km in words, the finnish leadership, although it assures that they do not need troops yet. nato put on a hostile military bloc got direct access to the russian border geographic position no one canceled the finns along with the estonians. uh, theoretically able to block. e, the gulf of finland, yes, both for civil and military ships. uh, threats to st. petersburg, threats to the infrastructure connecting murmansk and st. it was already in world war ii, but there is a nuance. there is a nuance. no, neutrality. no, being neutral in finland is a legitimate goal. in the event of aggression, the finns will pay the last price is not terrible, but the la