the first to be removed under new immigration plans. meanwhile, russia has suspended electricity supplies to finland overnight following a threat over payment arrears. moscow has warned the country, with which it shares a i,300km border, will face retaliatory steps if it does decide to join the alliance. a formal decision to is expected to be made on sunday. i m joined now by eoin mcnamara, a research fellow at the finnish institute for international affairs in helsinki. really good to have you with us. let s talk about, first of all, the
of the baltic region. finland is expected tomorrow to formally announce its intention to join the western military alliance. russia and finland share a 1,300km border. the finnish president is said to have told vladimir putin in a phone call earlier today confirming helsinki s plans tojoin nato that russia s invasion of ukraine had altered his country s security environment. russian state media says mr putin said that a change in finland s foreign policy could be negative for bilateral relations. it comes as russia has suspended electricity supplies to finland overnight following a threat over payment arrears. earlier i spoke to eoin mcnamara from the finnish intistute of international affairs about the prospect of finland joining nato. finnish society is very well and very prepared for russian aggression. finland has been a border country of russia for many, many years now, and finnish public opinion has
putin of his country s intention to join nato. it comes as russia has suspended electricity supplies to finland overnight following a threat over payment arrears. earlier, moscow warned the country, with which it shares a 1,300km border, will face retaliatory steps if it does decide to join the alliance. the formal decision of the finnish government to is expected to be announced on sunday. earlier, i spoke to eoin mcnamara from the finnish intistute of international affairs about how likely it is that the country willjoin the alliance. finnish society is very well and very prepared for russian aggression. finland has been a border country of russia for many, many years now, and finnish public opinion has flipped, completely reversed on this in the past three months. so, finland sees. the finnish public see and the finnish government see that russia is no longer