Russia- Sweden & Finland

June 30, 2022
Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
Category: DPN Topics

Russia- Sweden & Finland

Subject: Geography

Section: Mapping

Context: NATO Secretary-General announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Turkey, Finland and Sweden in a trilateral meeting held in Madrid, Spain.

Concept:

Russia shares a 1,340-kilometre-long border with Finland.
Sweden, though it does not share a land border, shares the Baltic Sea with Russia.
The land/sea borders with Russia place both countries under direct threat from the Kremlin.

To know about NATO Membership, refer: https://optimizeias.com/nato-new-membership/ and https://optimizeias.com/finland-is-on-the-cusp-of-joining-nato-while-sweden-is-on-the-verge-of-following-suit/