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Kremlin warns bid to join NATO by Finland, Sweden will not improve security

Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow. AP - Alexander Zemlianichenko

The Kremlin said Monday that the decisions by Finland and Sweden to join the NATO military alliance will not improve security in Europe. Meanwhile, Moscow held a meeting of the six-country Collective Security Treaty Organisation.

President Vladimir Putin said Monday that, while Russia does not see Finland's and Sweden's decisions to join NATO as a threat, any deployment of military infrastructure to those countries could trigger a response from Moscow.

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