The protection of Russian borders should be strengthened taking into account new threats, including the possible entry of Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Alliance. About this, as TASS writes, the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday at a meeting on topical issues of national security in the north-west of Russia.
“In connection with the formation of new threats due to the possible entry into the NATO of Finland and Sweden, coagulation of the border cooperation of European countries with our country, as well as due to the lack of official demarcation of the state border between Russia and Estonia, it is required to take additional measures for improvement of forces and means that ensure the protection and protection of the state border, ”he stressed.