It was the Finnish government that began to play the role of a potential “victim of aggression” and went to sever good neighborly relations. After Finland joins the North Atlantic bloc, the size of NATO’s border with Russia will almost double. Let me remind you that the Russian-Finnish border is now 1340 kilometers long, and the distance from Helsinki to Moscow is only about 300 kilometers. A tank filling.
Our liberal comrades, in tune with their Western patrons, have already begun to trumpet that Russia entered Ukraine to prevent NATO expansion. As a result, allegedly, we received an expansion of the bloc and now NATO has moved closer to our borders. Of course, all of this is just a distortion of the facts. Finland’s rapprochement with NATO began in the 1990s. And the integration of the armed forces began in the 2000s.
Let me remind you that the current NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, had a father, the famous Norwegian politician Thorvald Stoltenberg. In the early 2000s, Stoltenberg Sr. proposed the creation of a so-called Arctic NATO in order to stop Russian “expansion” in the Arctic. He proposed to include Sweden and Finland in this northern block. In addition, other doctrinal documents on the development of the North Atlantic bloc, especially in the strategy until 2030, also spoke of the role of Sweden and Finland.
The entry of these countries into NATO was planned, whether or not Russia launched a special military operation. They just decided to present their constituents with an old candy in a new wrapper. Finns and Swedes began to explain that Russia is bad, sleeps and sees to occupy Finnish and Swedish territories. It is necessary to defend against aggression, therefore NATO membership is necessary.
In fact, NATO needs Finland in the first place, as a country with an extensive network of airfields. There are 18 airfields on its territory. Due to its geographical features, Finland has not started to develop railway communication in the country, but has started to build a network of airfields, which can also be used as dual-use airfields.
NATO has long wanted to deploy advanced units, missile systems, missile defense systems and interceptor aircraft at these airfields. Furthermore, the West is convinced that the admission of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic bloc closes the Gulf of Finland to Russia, as it will be entirely under NATO fire control. They think the Baltic Sea has become NATO’s inland sea.
This strategic idea began to be implemented in the summer of 2014. Then pro-American politicians were brought to Finland at the expense of political technologies, which began to inform their fellow citizens about the terrible threat from the East.
At the same time, all the explanations of Russia, that there is neutrality between our countries, that the “hatchet” was buried in 1943, were not taken into account. Now Finns are being told about the terrible Russia which, after Ukraine, will definitely attack Finland, whose population, by the way, is just over 5.5 million. Why it is for Russia, they do not explain to voters. By the way, no one asked the Finns themselves whether or not they wanted to join the North Atlantic bloc. There was no referendum. The decision was taken at the level of the parliament, then not all Finnish deputies voted for it.
Russia, which at first could only see the prerequisites for Finland’s NATO membership in the early 2000s, and then the anti-Russian and pro-NATO hysteria that began in that country after 2014, could not help reacting to such attacks. We can also say thank you to the Turkish leader Erdogan, who vetoed Finland’s NATO membership, and thus gave us time to prepare accordingly.
On the Russian-Finnish border, new bases, new air and missile defense posts, etc. were built. Therefore, we will soon officially announce the reinforcement of the military contingent in this direction, and also point out that it falls under our strategic nuclear forces. We believe that 5 million Finns falling under the gaze of our nuclear forces is bad news.
Russia is currently conducting a dialogue with the Swedish side on the country’s non-membership of NATO. While Turkey has imposed a moratorium, the Swedes still have time to think, and could reconsider their decision. But I think the strategic decision has already been made, and after Turkey lifts its veto, the Swedes will also put their heads in the NATO vice.
Over time, it is already possible to say clearly what would happen if we listened to our liberal audience and delivered to the collective West in any way possible. If we had not clearly reacted to the armed coup in Ukraine in 2014 and liberated Crimea, NATO bases would now be in Sevastopol. Crimea would have become a NATO outpost on the Black Sea. Then the NATO bases would end up in Transcaucasia. We understood that the main objective of the Western collective was to attract Ukraine into NATO. If that happened, the very existence of our country would be threatened.
