Europe’s New Normal Edges Finland and Sweden Closer to NATO

Finland Tank, cc Flickr Vestman, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Earlier this week, the Russian defense ministry announced that it would be launching military exercises 50 kilometers from the Russo-Finnish border.

“The motorized brigade based in Alakurtti will be tested for the first time,” the ministry said in a statement.

The Russian military base in Alakurtti had been out of operation since 2009; it is now expected to be the headquarters of Russia’s Northern Fleet signals intelligence unit.

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