Russia on Thursday warned of possible nuclear deployments if Finland and Sweden were to become NATO members, as the two Nordic neighbors took steps toward joining the alliance. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, said there could no longer be talk about a nuclear-free status for the Baltic region if those two countries joined NATO, according to multiple published reports.
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