Russia’s NATO border has doubled since Finland joined NATO

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New Delhi: Eventually Finland formally became a member of the NATO group. Now Finland has become the 31st member of this military security alliance. And with this, the length of the NATO border with Russia has also doubled. Western countries are presenting it as a major achievement for NATO, while Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed displeasure over it. On the other hand, experts are considering it a big blow for Russia. The question arises whether this is a threat to Russia as Putin claims. Many such questions are arising.

There are more questions
By the way, Finland has said that this alliance has not been done to create any threat against Russia. But it also raises many more questions in terms of the Ukraine crisis. Will the Western countries be able to restrain Putin in any way by this or will it further fuel the fire of war and the world will come closer to world war?

Putin’s objection
Putin had repeatedly expressed strong objections to the expansion of NATO even before the war in Ukraine and called it a threat to Russia’s existence. It cannot be denied that the root cause of the Ukraine crisis is the expansion of NATO. In this case, the Western country is trying to prove Russia to be trying to impose itself on the European countries.

Western argument
America and European countries have their arguments. According to the BBC, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Finland joining NATO, “By attacking a neighboring country, the Russian leader has created the very situation we are trying to avoid.” The US says it and other NATO countries are fighting to protect Ukraine’s democracy and sovereignty.

Can’t leave Ukraine alone
Western countries say that if Ukraine is left alone, Russia and many powerful countries will get a chance to occupy their neighboring small countries as China wants to do with Taiwan. At the same time, western countries are also taking precautions so that this war should not turn into a world war.

challenge for NATO
On the other hand, Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov has warned that Russia will closely monitor what happens in Finland and that NATO’s expansion is a violation of their security and national interests. Finland has a 30 thousand military capacity but now it will be a challenge for NATO to protect Finland’s border against Russia. At the same time, apart from Finland, Sweden has also applied for NATO membership, but that process is still stuck.

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