By Anne Kauranen LAPPEENRANTA, Finland (Reuters) -At a shooting range 10 miles from the Russian border, Finnish army ...

RIGA, Latvia — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spurred Finland to set aside long-standing concerns about provoking Russia and seek NATO membership, a major strategic setback for Russia.

Finland officially becomes a member of NATO 06:47. While Finland and Russia managed relations as peaceful neighbors for decades, even after a Soviet invasion in 1939, Gowan said Russia's invasion ...

Finland, with its hundreds of years of fraught history with Russia, became a member of NATO little over a year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Sweden joined ...

Inspired largely by concerns over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland became the 31st member of the NATO military alliance last year. Western neighbor Sweden followed suit in March.

Russia Beefs Up Bases Near Finland’s Border. Tents, shelters for fighter jets and warehouses for military vehicles show increased Russian presence near one of NATO’s newest members.

The Finnish state-owned gas company Gasum said that "natural gas supplies to Finland under Gasum's supply contract have been cut off" by Russia on Saturday morning at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Finland has much experience — and an 830-mile border — with its imperialist neighbor, Russia. Recalling Finland’s numerous wars with Moscow, including the 1939 Winter War and World War II ...

Finland says a ship affiliated with Russia's "shadow fleet" is linked to a 60-mile-long anchor drag mark on the seafloor. A power cable in the Baltic Sea was severed last week.

Finland became a full member of the NATO military alliance in April only last year, a direct reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But Finland has a long and strained relationship with its ...

Finland, which shares a 832-mile border with Russia, abandoned its decades-long policy of neutrality and joined NATO in 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine. U.S., European Union accuse Russia of ...

Russian troops had already seized Finland twice before: During the Great Northern War (1700-21), and the Russo-Swedish War of 1741-43. On both occasions, ...