leave after living for weeks under the city s strict lockdown. russia is seeing red over finland s announcement that it plans to apply for nato membership. former president dmitri medvedev said russia would seriously strengthen ground, naval and air defenses on its western border. they are calling finland s decision a radical change in policy as well as a treaty violation. finland declared neutrality at the end of world war ii. but the brutality of putin s war in ukraine has left many feeling vulnerable. for now, finland says there are no direct threats from russia and all is quiet on their 800-mile long shared border. in this kind of situation, of course you have to be prepared for all kinds of threats. we don t speck anything but we are prepared for everything. nato members have been quick to support finland s decision but the chief of staff said it shows nato s double standards. we are very happy for our friends in finland, and of course, it is absolutely logical s
membership. the foreign ministry said this was a rads cal change in policy by finland as well as a treaty violation. there step will not be such a major one and maybe the change is not as big as people might think. it is the result of the very drastic change in our security environment after russian aggression against ukraine.
leave after living for weeks under the city s strict lockdown. russia is seeing red over finland s announcement that it plans to apply for nato membership. former president dmitri medvedev said russia would seriously strengthen ground, naval and air defenses on its western border. they are calling finland s decision a radical change in policy as well as a treaty violation. finland declared neutrality at the end of world war ii. but the brutality of putin s war in ukraine has left many feeling vulnerable. for now, finland says there are no direct threats from russia and all is quiet on their 800-mile long shared border. in this kind of situation, of course you have to be prepared
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. nato is now on the eve of an historic expansion with the leaders of finland publicly pushing for rapid membership of the alliance. an announcement that triggered threats from the kremlin. the foreign ministry there said this was a red call change in policy by finland, as well as a treaty violation. finland declared neutrality at the end of world war ii but, the brutality of putin s war in ukraine has shattered stability in europe. and officials in finland say all is quiet on their 800-mile long shared border. of course it s a very bumpy moment because of the russian
exact same thing they asked for trump. they didn t get the right answers. they waited to see what happened in the election. president biden won the election. now they re going back and asking for the exact same things from the biden administration. i would be careful entering into any arms control agreement, any new treaty. we should learn a hard lesson from that treaty violation. these things matter. the tactical situation in europe is extremely dangerous because russia has developed and deployed these intermediate range systems which can be nuclear tipped. so that s exactly what they don t want. again, lavrov said it in the press today and if they re pressing to not want it, that probably tells you something. russia has violated with the exception of the new starr treaty virtually every arms control agreement that was my