MOSCOW, 02 July 2022, (TON): President Vladimir Putin said “Russia has no problem if Finland and Sweden join NATO.”
Putin told a news conference "we don´t have problems with Sweden and Finland like we do with Ukraine,”
The Russian leader continued "we don´t have territorial differences.”
"There is nothing that could bother us about Sweden and Finland joining NATO. If Finland and Sweden wish to, they can join. That´s up to them. They can join whatever they want."
Putin said "if military contingents and military infrastructure were deployed there, we would be obliged to respond symmetrically and raise the same threats for those territories where threats have arisen for us.”
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