Deputy Director of Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrey Nastasin said on Wednesday Russia will respond with "military technical" measures to the military buildup on the Russia-Finland border. The expansion of NATO's military capacities in Finland constitutes a...
Military-diplomatic source clarified that Russia has no intention of revising its state borders in the Baltic Sea, Ria Novosoti reported on Wednesday.
The news contradicts earlier reports about Russia's defense ministry updating maritime border coordinates around the Gulf of Finland and Kaliningrad. The...
Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday that Russia is unmistakably gearing up for a "long conflict" with Western nations and poses a sustained and fundamental military menace to Europe.
In a speech at the European Parliament published by the government, Orpo warned that "the...
The Finnish government confirmed on Thursday in a statement that it will be extending the period during which its border crossings connecting the country to Russia will be closed.
The measures, which were supposed to expire on January 15, have been extended until February 11, as the Finnish...
The Finnish government will be extending its measures to keep the border with Russia closed past January 15, the country's media outlet Iltalehti reported on Wednesday, citing government sources with knowledge on the matter.
Meanwhile, Helsingin Sanomat said that its sources shared that...
Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Finnish ambassador in Moscow after Finland signed a deal on military cooperation with the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
"The Russian side would not leave unanswered the build-up of NATO's...
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Tuesday that there has been a significant rise in military operations by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) along the Russian borders, as United States military forces have been deployed there.
"Recently, the activity of the NATO military bloc as a...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that his country and Finland earlier had good bilateral relations, but warned that there will be "problems" after Helsinki became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
"We will now create the Leningrad Military District...
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced on Tuesday that Finland will reopen two border crossings with Russia after deciding to close all but one in November citing an increase in the influx of asylum seekers coming from Russia.
The Vaalimaa and Niirala border crossings will be reopened from...
The Finnish government announced in a statement on Wednesday that it will be closing all of its border crossings with Russia, apart from one.
"All border crossings on the eastern border will be centralized at the Raja-Joosep border crossing," starting November 24, with the decision valid until...
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