{"id":95887,"date":"2023-04-04T14:23:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T14:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=95887"},"modified":"2023-04-04T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T14:23:15","slug":"finland-officially-joins-nato-russia-shocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/95887\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland officially Joins NATO, Russia shocked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> On Tuesday, Finland has officially joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization&nbsp;(NATO) to become the 31<sup>st<\/sup> member of the NATO security alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finland\u2019s acceptance into the US-led security alliance shocks Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was always trying to undermine the NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The length of Russia&#8217;s border with NATO member states has now 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