Moscow Voices ‘Regret’ Over Border Closure by New NATO Member Finland

Published on November 20, 2023

The Kremlin has voiced its “regret” over a recent decision by new NATO member Finland to close several crossings along its border with Russia. The move by Helsinki “causes deep regret because we [Russia] had longstanding and very good relations with Finland based on mutual respect,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Nov. 20. “These relations have been replaced by an exclusively Russophobic position, which the leaders of this country [Finland] have begun to espouse,” he added. Finland, which shares a roughly 830-mile border with Russia, officially joined the Western NATO alliance in April, ending a decades-long policy of neutrality. Running north to south, Finland’s border with Russia also represents the northeastern frontier of the 27-member European Union, which Finland initially joined in 1995....

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