Finland’s defense agreement with US to pose threat to Russia — Kremlin spokesman

Moscow expresses regret regarding the threat that has now emerged from Finland, a country with which Russia long shared a splendid relationship, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"It will undoubtedly lead [to rising tensions between Russia and Finland]," he said, commenting on Helsinki’s decision to sign a defense agreement with Washington.

"We can only regret the move because we used to have great relations with Finland. Neither of us threatened the other; there were no problems and no claims against each other as we did not infringe on each other’s interests but demonstrated mutual respect, and so on," Peskov noted.

According to him, now that "Finland has become a NATO member and NATO’s military infrastructure is going to enter Finland it will definitely pose a threat" to Russia.

Earlier, the Finnish government announced plans to sign a defense cooperation agreement with the US on December 18.