Russian armed forces chief critical of Finnish-Nato cooperation

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I thought that in remembrance of the Cold War people here might be interestid about this.

Russia's top military commander told a gathering in Helsinki Tuesday that Finland should not desire NATO membership. Instead, he offered closer cooperation with Russia.

Article in english is available here. Finnish language version (available here) contains one more interesting point:

While commenting NATO's missile defense project Gen. Makarov presented a map where the border between spheres of influence of Russia and NATO passes through the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia just like in Cold War. Finland and the Baltic countries seem to be included in the Russian sphere of influence.

Opinions?


Finns please correct translation errors, thanks.