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Russia today threatened its neighbor Finland in case nuclear weapons are deployed on its territory.

Moscow reacted angrily to the move by the Scandinavian state, a NATO member, to lift the current total ban on atomic weapons.

The two countries share a long 830-mile border, roughly the distance between Land’s End and John O’Groats in Britain.

Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned: “We really saw this statement [from Finland]This causes tension to increase on the European continent.

“This is a statement that increases Finland’s vulnerability, a vulnerability provoked by the actions of the Finnish authorities.

“The fact is that Finland is starting to threaten us by placing nuclear weapons on its territory.

“And if Finland threatens us, we will take appropriate measures.”

Russia currently has the world’s largest nuclear arsenal, while Finland has no atomic weapons.

Helsinki president Alexander Stubb said Finland had removed “legal obstacles” to hosting nuclear weapons.

Such a scenario is possible only in the event of World War III.

The move “is not about Finland facing any acute or immediate security threat.

“This is about ensuring that we can fully participate in NATO’s nuclear planning,” he said during his visit to India.

Last year, as Russia rebuilt bases and military infrastructure near Finland, Helsinki responded with tougher border measures, more war games and a growing NATO footprint in the north.

Satellite images show Moscow adding military facilities, vehicle storage and aviation infrastructure near the border.

Finland has held 122 exercises for 2026 and agreed to host NATO’s Forward Land Forces, making Europe’s northernmost one of the alliance’s newest pressure points.

EU state Finland only joined NATO in 2023, and neighboring Sweden joined a year later in response to Vladimir Putin’s apparent aggression against Ukraine.

Finland acquired a large part of Karelia, which remains part of Russia today, during World War II. It was lost to the Soviet Union in World War II.

Finland was under Russian imperial rule from 1809 to 1917 (108 years), until it gained independence after the Russian Revolution.

The Soviet Union occupied parts of Finland between 1939-40 and 1941-44.