Taking advantage of Russia's inability to withdraw from the west, Finland wanted to fish in muddy waters, gave up its permanent neutrality status for more than 70 years, and hoped to join NATO. According to foreign media on May 15, the Nordic country of Finland announced that it has submitted an application to the NATO military group, hoping to join NATO. This marks that Finland has completely abandoned its permanent neutral status and completely turned to NATO, taking a substantial step!
Finland has also made full preparations before this, hoping to take advantage of the scorching war in Russia and Ukraine and the lack of time to look west, to break the balance between decades of strategic security forces and to have a showdown with Putin. According to CCTV News, on May 14, local time, the Finnish president took the initiative to call Putin, the two sides on the situation between Russia and Ukraine and the Finnish government will officially announce the accession to NATO, the Finnish president said that he hopes that peace can be maintained on the border between the two countries. On the surface, it shows respect and communicates in advance, but in fact it is to explore the bottom card of Russia, to show strength, just to inform you, not to discuss with you. To see How Russia reacted to the incident, Putin did not issue a roaring threat during the call, but only peacefully stated that Finland's abandonment of neutrality would be a wrong decision, and stressed that Finland's security was not threatened. Russia did not threaten Finland, but if Finland threatened Russia, Russia would fight back, making Finland regret today's decision!
The reason why Finland dared to provoke trouble at this time and call out Russia was because it had already received security promises from the United States and Britain. On a may 12 call between Finland and Biden, the Pentagon said it would provide military support to Finland and ensure Finland's security before joining NATO. And before the United States, the United Kingdom had signed a security agreement with Finland. This is the bottom line of Finland, Wang Ba's iron heart wants to join NATO, which is a continuation of the United States and Russia on the Ukraine issue!
Although Russia cannot react immediately militarily, it is not without means. First the warning, first salute and then watch Finland's follow-up performance. Russian news agency reported on the 14th that Medvedev, vice chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said through social media on the same day that if Finland and Sweden join NATO, the length of NATO's land border with Russia will more than double, then the Baltic Sea may lose its nuclear-free status. Make it clear that Finland is not hiding in a safe house when joining NATO, but at the end of a nuclear bomb!
Finland is still obstinate, as happened at the beginning of the article. However, according to NATO rules, for a country to join NATO, it must obtain the consent of all existing NATO member states before it can join. Here Russia has not yet moved, Turkey can not resist in advance, the lion opened its mouth, opened the bamboo bar mode, began to pull the list, the price code! Finland and Sweden have been supporting the PKK and imposing export restrictions on Turkey. So Erdogan said the two countries must first change their positions, remove trade export restrictions, and also identify the PKK as a terrorist organization. This is a big problem for Finland!
Even with the support and security endorsement of the United States and the United Kingdom, the matter of joining NATO has not been as smooth as expected. Finland, in order to show its loyalty to the West, urgently needed to submit a petition, and naturally aimed at the ruble settlement order that Russia is currently fully pursuing. But how can Finland stop Russia's pace, just sacrifice itself to show its determination and accept a letter of submission!
Finland rushed to vote for the name, was cut off by Russia, which is another energy source in Finland after the Russian power outage was cut off by Russia! Russia needs to give Finland some substantial beatings and punishments. On the 21st local time, Gazprom released a message saying that from 7 o'clock local time, the supply of natural gas to Finland was stopped until it used ruble settlement. Finland's dependence on Russian gas is 94%, but natural gas accounts for only 5% of Finland's annual energy consumption. In terms of Finland's current energy structure, the impact of the gas outage on Finland may indeed be limited, but this is a statement of attitude, telling Finland is not that you do not have the means, it is just an appetizer.
If Finland continues its way to the black, more military means will have to become a reality. According to the Russian News Agency, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said at a meeting of the Ministry of Defense on the 20th that in order to cope with the threat facing Russia's western border, the Russian Western Military District will form 12 new military units by the end of 2022.
12 new military units will be deployed on the border between Russia and Finland, and Russian nuclear submarines carrying nuclear bombs will cruise the Baltic Sea! NATO planes and tanks will also fly across the nordic lands! The face-to-face military confrontation between the two major military groups is about to begin. Finland could have swung between two blocs, left and right, reaping the benefits and enjoying peace, just like India. But Finland chose a different path, literally putting Finland above the powder kegs of weapons of the two major military blocs!