<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: IFinland ithole impendulo egxeka kakhulu evela eRussia ngokucabangela ngisho nokungena ku-NATO, kanti ucwaningo lwango-2009 lubonisa ukuthi lokhu kungaba nemiphumela ebudlelwaneni beRussia ne-EU kanye ne-NATO iyonke. Ngokulandela u-2008  <response>: Impi yaseRussia neGeorgia, uNdunankulu waseFinland uMatti Vanhanen waphinda waqinisekisa 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. 