Russia threatened retaliation against Finland after its Nordic neighbor joined NATO earlier this year.

HELSINKI (AP) — When Finland joined NATO earlier this year, Russia threatened retaliation.

Now, hundreds of migrants from the Middle East and Africa have appeared at Finland’s border from Russia, seeking entry into the Nordic country.

Finnish officials say the sudden surge in asylum-seekers is no coincidence. They accuse Russia of driving the migrants to the border to sow discord as payback for Finland’s membership in NATO.

  • athos77@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    just so they have human material that they then bus to the borders of Finnland and Poland

    That’s hardly fair - I’m sure Russia tries to “encourage” some of the migrants to go fight in Ukraine as well …