"If they decide to apply, Finland and Sweden will be warmly welcomed and I expect the process to go quickly," Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels, adding he planned to speak with the Finnish president later in the day.

He said he was sure arrangements could be found for the interim period between an application by the two Scandinavian countries and the formal ratification in the parliaments of all 30 NATO members.

"I am confident that there are ways to bridge that interim period in a way which is good enough and works for both Finland and Sweden," Stoltenberg said.

Russia, with which Finland shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border, has said it will deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad if Finland and Sweden decide to join NATO.

sapientia:
Putin have by his own hands caused NATO to surround him the more

chronique:


And I wonder how you think the Finns and Swedes would sleep peacefully every night knowing there are nuclear bombs deployed at their borders that could be set off at any time. It's not a win for any of them.

sapientia:


It has always been there

Russia have always wanted to steal more lands from Finland


https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-already-has-nuclear-weapons-baltic-region-says-lithuania-2022-04-14/

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1673659/lithuanian-officials-puzzled-by-russia-s-threat-to-deploy-nuclear-weapons-in-kaliningrad

chronique:


And I wonder how you think the Finns and Swedes would sleep peacefully every night knowing there are nuclear bombs deployed at their borders that could be set off at any time. It's not a win for any of them.

gambojimeta:

Same way Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania has been sleeping well at night especially with the invasion of Ukraine.

chronique:


That’s why I said it's not a win for any of them. Prior to now, Sweden and Finland were always at peace and never faced any kind of military threat... It just shows that we should never underestimate the power of peace.

sanpipita:


Russia doesn't give anyone peace go and do some reading, all Russia does is try expand and take people's lands using excuses, Russia are occupying territories of many nations.

How do you explain threats Moldova keeps getting recently, did Moldova do anything to them?

chronique:



Terrorists attack in Moldova recently was confirmed to be by Ukrainian citizens. Which and which country has Russia been attacking and taking their lands. Please educate me about it.

sanpipita:


Russia took Crimea, they want to take more lands in Ukraine, Moldova you talk about Russia siezed Transnistra that was part of Moldova, Georgia is another example, Russia has always been occupiers.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/22/russia-is-still-occupying-20percent-of-our-country-georgias-leader-says.html

chronique:



Good. What were the events that led to these annexations?

sanpipita:


Lol it's now about events that lead to the annexation, you went from they are not annexing lands to trying to find justification for it, sometimes rest.

chronique:


I know why I asked those questions cos someone who doesn't know the history of these conflicts, would read your submission and assume Russia just drove into these countries and forcefully annexed them. As a matter of fact, only Crimea was annexed and this is why: Crimea used to be part of the Russian side under the soviet union. After the death of Stalin, there was some kind of conflicts among some of the republics that made the soviet union and as a way of reconciliation, Russia gifted Crimea to the Ukraine. Crimea is 100% Russian. The US sponsored coup of 2014 that ousted Yanukovych, was the reason Russia annexed Crimea. They simply took back the territory that was gifted to Ukraine. Prior to that time, Russia never attempted to take any part of Ukraine.

The issue with Transnistra is not Russia's fault. Transnistra broke out from Moldova to be a republic of its own due to their own internal conflict. However, they were more of a pro-Russian region, speaking same language with Russia. After the breakaway, Russia decided to support them militarily and also provides them with free energy. This also made them more pro-russian. Russia never invaded or attempted to invade Moldova.

The issue with Georgia dates back to as far as even the pre-soviet era. Georgia has been on and off under the control of Russia. After Georgia broke away from Russia finally as a republic of its own in 1991, some of the problems that they were having even while under the soviet union, still persisted. That's where you have the issue of South ossetia and Abkhazia republics. These people relied on Russia for military assistance and hence the reason why they had the Georgian-Russian war of 2008. If you go and read the history of South ossetia and Abkhazia on its own, you will find out that its a complex situation that dates back to the era of the soviet union. It's not something that started just yesterday.