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One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned NATO on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the US-led military alliance then Russia would have to bolster its defences in the region, including by deploying nuclear weapons.
Finland, which shares a 1,300-km border with Russia, and Sweden are mulling whether or not to join the Nato alliance. Finland will make a decision in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday. Read full story
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said that should Sweden and Finland join Nato then Russia would have to strengthen its land, naval and air forces in the Baltic Sea to restore military balance.
Medvedev also explicitly raised the nuclear threat by saying that there could be no more talk of a "nuclear free" Baltic - where Russia has its Kaliningrad exclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.
"There can be no more talk of any nuclear–free status for the Baltic - the balance must be restored," said Medvedev, who was president from 2008-2012.
"Until today, Russia has not taken such measures and was not going to," Medvedev said.
"If our hand is forced well... take note it wasn't us who proposed this," he added.
Russia's February 24 attack on Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions and raised fears of a wider confrontation between Russia and the United States.
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