Finland is Russia's immediate neighbor to the west. The two countries share about 800 miles of land border,and Finland's membership in NATO will significantly bolster security on NATO's eastern flank.

Together, Finland and Sweden boast 220 active Leopard main battle tanks, nearly matching Germany’s 245 Leopards, another meaningful contribution to deter an attack on NATO territory.

Sweden and Finland are set formally to end decades of neutrality and join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in a historic breakthrough for the alliance that deals a blow to Russian ...

Dmitry Medvedev, who is a close ally of Putin, said that Russia will be left with no choice but to bolster its military presence in the Baltics if Finland and Sweden join NATO.

Finland and Poland "were developing fine when they were part of the Russian empire," said TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov on his show on the Russia 1 channel. ... Poland, the Baltics, the Finns.

With a simple exchange of documents, Finland on Tuesday became NATO’s 31st member state, a strategic defeat for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who was determined to block the alliance ...

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that Moscow would reinforce its ground, naval and air defenses in the Baltics if Sweden and Finland joined NATO and suggested their membership would ...