Russia makes Baltic nuclear threat if Finland and Sweden join NATO

has warned that if and joined the military alliance then the Kremlin would have to bolster its nuclear defences in the Baltic.

'There can be no more talk of any nuclear-free status for the Baltic - the balance must be restored,' said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council.

'Naturally, we will have to reinforce these borders. Until today, Russia has not taken such measures and was not going to. If our hand is forced well... take note it wasn't us who proposed this.'

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