"Russia had no problems with Finland until it announced it's intention to join NATO. Now they will have problems. I hereby order the recreation of the Leningrad Military District on Finland's borders.". -Putin

This will expand the active service-personnel of the Russian Armed Forces by an additional 250,000 personnel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Finland will now be in trouble because of its NATO membership. Putin, in an interview with the programme Moscow quoted… "They just dragged Finland into NATO. Did we have any disputes? All disputes, including territorial ones, were resolved long ago, in the middle of the 20th century. We had the kindest and most sincere relations.”