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In 1948, the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance was signed between the Soviet Union and Finland, providing a key basis for relations between the two states that was to last throughout the cold war. With memories of the 1939 “winter war” between the two still acute, the agreement…

Moscow threatens countermeasures saying: ‘History will judge this hasty step’

Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg and Finnish president Sauli Niinisto took part in a ceremony to mark Finland's accession to the military alliance on Tuesday, 4 April.

Finland became a member of NATO on Tuesday, completing a historic security policy shift triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Finland becomes the 31st member of the world’s largest military alliance as Sweden waits to join.

It's a blow to Putin who, in launching the Russian invasion of Ukraine, vowed to block the alliance's eastward expansion.

The move more than doubles Nato’s border with Russia in a blow to Vladimir Putin

James Cleverly welcomed Helsinki's entry into the 74-year-old, 30-member organsation - and vowed to press ahead with allowing Sweden into the nuclear-armed coalition

Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved the opposite of his Ukraine war aims by triggering Finland's "historic" accession to NATO later on Tuesday, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said, declaring Sweden would also join soon.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia would be forced to take "counter-measures" to Finland's accession to the NATO military alliance, as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the move raised the prospect of the conflict in Ukraine escalating further. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the expansion of NATO - long…

Russia said on Tuesday Finland's accession to the NATO military alliance was a dangerous historic mistake that would weaken security in the wider region, increase the risk of conflict, and force Moscow to take counter-measures.