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Factbox-Probable steps in any Finnish, Swedish NATO bid

FILE PHOTO: Flags wave outside the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is expected on Thursday to say whether his country should join the NATO alliance, with Sweden following suit with its decision in the coming days.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed Finland and Swedento the verge of applying for NATO membership and abandoning abelief held for decades that peace was best kept by not publiclychoosing sides.

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