Vladimir Won’t like it12 May 2022 09:46
Adolf Putin won’t like it.
Russia's bid to restrict Nato enlargement looks set to backfire
One of Russia's primary concerns before the conflict was the prospect of Ukraine joining Nato.
Ukraine has since cooled on its plans to join the security bloc. However it does now seem increasingly likely that Nato will be expanding anyway, with Finland poised to say it intends to join and Sweden likely to follow soon after.
In Finland's case, that would mean Russia sharing a long land border with another Nato member.
On Wednesday, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said Russia's President Vladimir Putin was to blame. "You caused this," he said. "Look in the mirror."