Sergei Belyaev, Head of the Second European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that Russia will strengthen its army in the northwest, due to Finland and Sweden planning to join the NATO alliance.
“Now, of course, given the threats to us from Finland and Sweden, our army will have to deploy additional forces there,” Belyaev said.
According to him, in the 1990s, Russia’s military potential on its northwestern borders was significantly reduced, but the decisions of the authorities of these countries radically changed the situation.
Belyaev added that it is still unclear what kind of infrastructure and weapons NATO will deploy on the territory of Sweden and Finland, whose entries are frozen due to Turkey’s location.
It was known that Turkey was previously. did not receive Signals from Finland that the country is ready to join NATO without Sweden.
According to the agency, Turkey is ready to consider Finland’s application, if any.