To join or not to join? The NATO question is coming to a head this week for the two Nordic countries.
If Finland and Sweden join the alliance, Russia would find itself completely surrounded by NATO countries in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic.
The Finnish Social Democrats led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin are likely to join other parties in Finland in endorsing a NATO application. The situation in Sweden isn't as clear. Neither Finland nor Sweden is planning a referendum, fearing it could become a prime target of Russian interference. The Kremlin has warned of “military and political repercussions” if the Swedes and Finns decide to join NATO.
Russia has cut off natural gas exports to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria, and warned other European Union countries could be next. The shocking scenes playing out in Ukraine made Finns draw the conclusion that “this could happen to us,” said Charly Salonius-Pasternak, a researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
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