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Finnish military soldiers raising the Finnish national flag at the Nato headquarters in Brussels on April 4, 2023.
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LONDON – Russia has warned that it will respond with military and political measures after Finland, its northern European neighbour, became the 31st member of Nato,
Reacting to the first formal Finnish flag-raising ceremony at Nato’s headquarters in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Tuesday afternoon, Russia’s Foreign Ministry claimed that by joining the military alliance, Finland “has finally renounced its self-identity and any independence”.
