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62% of Finnish residents support the country’s accession to NATO. This is reported by Yle with reference to a survey by the research company Taloustutkimus. 16% were against.
It is noted that the popularity of support for joining the alliance has grown in two weeks. At the end of February, the popularity of joining NATO, according to a similar poll, was 53 percent. According to the survey, 79 percent of Finns currently see Russia as a threat to Finland’s security.
Earlier, Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin said that the country is ready to apply for NATO membership if the need arises in the interests of national security.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.” In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, EU, UK, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.
Source: Rosbalt
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