Putin, 'we will deploy troops and weapons on the border with Finland' - Breaking news. Russian leader criticized the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO.
"This (was) an absolutely meaningless step (for Finland and Swedish) from the point of view of protecting their national interests", he said. "We didn't have troops there (on the Finnish border), now they will be there. There were no destruction systems there, now they'll appear," he said, according to Ria Novosti.