<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IFinland ithole impendulo ebucayi evela eRussia ngisho nokucabanga ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi ijoyine i-NATO, ngocwaningo lwango-2009 olukhombisa ukuthi lokhu kungaba nemiphumela ebudlelwaneni beRussia ne-EU kanye ne-NATO iyonke. Ngemva kweMpi YaseRussia-Georgia ka-2008  <response>: , UNdunankulu waseFinland uMatti Vanhanen waphinde wagcizelela ukuthi iFinland ayinazo izinhlelo zokujoyina i-NATO, futhi wathi isifundo esiyinhloko sempi kwakuyisidingo sobudlelwano obuseduze neRussia. Enkulumweni kaJuni 2014 ephephandabeni laseFinland i- Hufvudstadsbladet, isithunywa sikaVladimir Putin uSergey Alexandrovich Markov wasola iFinland ngokuthi iRussophobia ngokweqile futhi wasikisela ukuthi iFinland ukujoyina i-NATO kungaqala iMpi Yezwe III. NgoJulayi 2016, uPutin wathi ngesikhathi evakashele eFinland ukuthi iRussia izokwandisa inani lamasosha emngceleni waseFinland uma iFinland ingena ku-NATO. Wabuye waxwayisa ngokuthi i - NATO yayizolwa neRussia kuze kube sekugcineni. 