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'History is more interesting than politics,' Lennart Meri, president of Estonia 1992-2001, is reported to have said. History is, perhaps, sometimes more surprising than politics too.

The President of Finland told Vladimir Putin his country will join NATO in the next few days. Sauli Niinistö initiated the direct phone call with the Kremlin leader this morning

A key Putin ally boasted that Russia could nuke Britain in just over three minutes. Aleksey Zhuravlyov said: The hypersonics reaching time is 200 seconds - so go ahead, guys

Russia today said it would be forced to take retaliatory steps against the threat after Finland announced its intention to join NATO, following Russias invasion of Ukraine.

The major policy shift was announced today in a joint statement by President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin.

The Swift Response 22 exercises are taking place against the backdrop of Russian aggression against perceived Western expansion.

Finland and Sweden are set to announce whether they will join NATO by the end of this week. The two historically neutral countries have U-turned since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24

A Russian army helicopter violated Finnish airspace this morning in an apparent effort to intimidate Helsinki as it plans a NATO entry bid. The Mi-17 vessel flew 2-3 miles into Finland.

President Sauli Niinisto will announce his approval for the country to join the Western defence alliance a week on Thursday, government insiders have said.

The ruling elites in both Scandinavian countries, which maintained formal neutrality after World War II, have seized on the Russian government’s reactionary invasion of Ukraine to overcome long-standing opposition among working people to the aggressive US-led military alliance.