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Russia threatens to send nuclear weapons to the Baltic Sea if Finland and Sweden join NATO to 'restore the balance' after Putin's Ukraine invasion spectacularly backfired
Daily Mail ^ | 4.14.2022 | Jack Newman

Posted on 04/14/2022 6:05:22 AM PDT by libh8er

Russia has warned NATO that if Sweden and Finland 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.'

The former president added Russia would 'seriously reinforce its group of ground forces and air defences and deploy significant naval forces in the Gulf of Finland.'

The threat comes after Sweden and Finland edged closer to NATO membership yesterday, and their application bids could be submitted in weeks.

Sweden's prime minister Magdalena Andersson is understood to be eager for the country to join the trans-Atlantic alliance by June, to the fury of Vladimir Putin who invaded Ukraine in part for its desire to join to the pact.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: baghdadbob; chechens; chechnya; clownworld; dmitrymedvedev; emptythreat; emptythreats; finland; jacknewman; moreleeway; nato; natoaggression; putinsbuttboys; putinworshippers; russia; russianaggression; sweden; ukraine; vladtheimploder; zottherussiantrolls
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To: xkaydet65
...it’s certainly possible that getting rid of Putin could result in someone who is either crazier than Putin, or as nuts but much more competent.

Exactly. At least we know something about Putin, and have some experience dealing with him - any replacement could potentially be a complete unknown, a Chinese mole, or who knows what...

;>)

41 posted on 04/14/2022 9:08:06 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

“Mein Führer, Steiner...”


42 posted on 04/14/2022 10:39:57 AM PDT by Does so (https://youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

The radiation would simply blow back toward Russia.”

...and Ukraine...


43 posted on 04/14/2022 10:45:15 AM PDT by Does so (https://youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: Kazan

“Peace in our time?”


44 posted on 04/14/2022 10:46:48 AM PDT by Does so (https://youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: PIF

Even with careful maintenance which is very costly, nuclear warheads have a shelf life of around 30 years. Which means all the nuclear warheads build by the USSR would be no longer operable at this point even if Russia properly maintained them, which is very dubious at this point.

And how many new warheads have they build since.

There is a very good chance and most of their nuclear arsenal are non-functional and it’s likely they themselves don’t even know which ones are actually working.


45 posted on 04/14/2022 10:46:56 AM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: Truthsearcher

Then there would be only one way to find out for sure...


46 posted on 04/14/2022 10:50:59 AM PDT by CodeJockey (Politicians are to America as oligarchs are to Russia. )
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Remember the official line to the unwashed masses in Chrenobyl? - Vodka makes you immune to radiation


47 posted on 04/14/2022 11:04:15 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: Doofer; Williams

The quotes are from Dmitry Medvedev, not Putin. But Medvedev is Putin’s close collaborator, so I would assume he speaks for him also.

Unfortunately, the Daily Mail isn’t making these quotes up, Medvedev really did say them.


48 posted on 04/14/2022 11:27:35 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: CodeJockey

No thanks!

Do not want!

Let’s just accept everything works and there’s no need to test, let alone use.


49 posted on 04/14/2022 11:36:43 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: All

Nuclear weapons have been in the Baltic before this!


50 posted on 04/14/2022 11:38:08 AM PDT by Reily
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To: PIF

Not sure if they work? Utter nonsense. THEY WORK, AND WORK PERFECTLY!


51 posted on 04/14/2022 1:33:30 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Truthsearcher

“.. it’s likely they themselves don’t even know which ones are actually working.”

Another utter crock of bovine sierra!


52 posted on 04/14/2022 1:37:11 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper

Not sure if they work? Utter nonsense.

You should catch DJT’s interview on Hannity - posted on FR at least in part. He’s the one who made the claim that no one knew if they worked - and this was remedied during his term. So go have a chat with DJT to verify it one way or another for yourself.


53 posted on 04/14/2022 2:01:27 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: libh8er

Forget NATO. If the Ukraine situation has proved anything, it’s that NATO is chicken sh!t under the Brandon mis-admenstruation.

Start your own Organization of Baltic, Balkan and Eastern European States (OBBEES? Maybe it acronyms better in Polish or Latvian?). Keep it low key, and quietly build up military and intelligence capabilities.


54 posted on 04/14/2022 2:10:10 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (January 6, worst assault on democracy since the Reichstag Fire)
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To: Doofer

so, you’re saying the daily mail simply fabricated the following”

“’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.’

The former president added Russia would ‘seriously reinforce its group of ground forces and air defences and deploy significant naval forces in the Gulf of Finland.’”


55 posted on 04/14/2022 2:31:52 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

I think he feels threatened being surrounded by anti Russian and perhaps nuclear nations. So, he’s sending his military to protect his borders. We’d feel the same way.


56 posted on 04/14/2022 4:28:27 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: rrrod

Hopefully Zelensky too, and then release all the info from that corrupt hellhole of a country. I feel bad for honest Ukrainians, being used by a very corrupt echelon.


57 posted on 04/16/2022 2:01:32 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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