by Tyler Durden
Thursday, Jul 02, 2026 - 12:50 AM
Finland's parliament has finally followed through with a previously threatened move to reverse its decades-long ban on nuclear weapons. The June 17 vote to lift the ban in effect legally authorizes the Nordic country to receive, transport, and facilitate the movement of nuclear weapons on its territory as part of allied operations, with the representatives' final tally at 125 to 61.
Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO in April 2023 - having abandoned its historic neutrality in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in what was among the fastest accession processes in the Western military alliance's history. Now it is already willing to host allied nukes on its territory, making it a target of Russian retaliation.
Moscow has long warned against such an ultra-provocative move. The Kremlin said Monday that this requires a response - given also the fact that Russia and Finland share an over 800-mile long border, which is made up largely of Arctic frontier.
"The results of the vote represent both bright and unflattering victory of the blind Russophobia of the past few years over what we have always viewed as pragmatic sanity in Finland," said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
via Atlantic Council
“And let nobody doubt that [response] measures will be taken timely and effectively. In this light, the Finnish people need to think whether this decision made by their elites will actually enhance security in Finland itself,” she added.
As a start, Russia has moved to shutter more rail crossings to NATO states, including Finland - which is to further severely impact trade:
Russia has closed seven railway border checkpoints with Finland, Estonia and Latvia, according to a government decree published Tuesday.
The suspension, which takes effect July 1, halts the movement of individuals, vehicles and cargo through the designated rail crossings. Five of the shuttered checkpoints are located on the Finnish border, while Estonia and Latvia each have one crossing affected.
Officials have not disclosed the reasons for the closures or when the checkpoints might reopen.
In Estonia, the Ivangorod freight and passenger crossing will remain open, and in Latvia, the Sebezh crossing will also stay open. However, the closures leave Finland with no open railway crossings with Russia, which normally exports fertilizer to Finland by rail.
Finland shut its eastern vehicle and pedestrian border crossings with Russia indefinitely in December 2023 following an influx of asylum seekers.
Since the Ukraine war began, and in context of ratcheting tensions with NATO over its military support to Kiev, Moscow has steadily militarized its border with Finland.
The most significant source of NATO's nuclear-sharing program is the United States. But lately France has expressed a desire to station some of its atomic arsenal in partner countries, and this could include in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and others.
“And let nobody doubt that [response] measures will be taken timely and effectively. In this light, the Finnish people need to think whether this decision made by their elites will actually enhance security in Finland itself,” she added.
As a start, Russia has moved to shutter more rail crossings to NATO states, including Finland - which is to further severely impact trade:
Russia has closed seven railway border checkpoints with Finland, Estonia and Latvia, according to a government decree published Tuesday.
The suspension, which takes effect July 1, halts the movement of individuals, vehicles and cargo through the designated rail crossings. Five of the shuttered checkpoints are located on the Finnish border, while Estonia and Latvia each have one crossing affected.
Officials have not disclosed the reasons for the closures or when the checkpoints might reopen.
In Estonia, the Ivangorod freight and passenger crossing will remain open, and in Latvia, the Sebezh crossing will also stay open. However, the closures leave Finland with no open railway crossings with Russia, which normally exports fertilizer to Finland by rail.
Finland shut its eastern vehicle and pedestrian border crossings with Russia indefinitely in December 2023 following an influx of asylum seekers.
Since the Ukraine war began, and in context of ratcheting tensions with NATO over its military support to Kiev, Moscow has steadily militarized its border with Finland.
Russia will temporarily close a number of railway border crossings with Finland, Latvia and Estonia from July 1, 2026, for reasons unknown.
The appropriate executive order has been issued by the Russian government.
The decision concerns five crossings with Finland, one crossing Show more
NATO.....Do Unto Russia What IRGC Does Unto The World....
ReplyDeleteTutup Saja Danish Straits for Russian Ships.
The Ukrainians will Deal With Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
Russian ships traveling to and from the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean must pass through a network of passages collectively known as the Danish Straits.
The Danish Straits connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea and the broader Atlantic, consisting of three primary waterways:
The Great Belt (Storebælt): The widest and deepest of the three, it is the primary route for large commercial vessels and naval ships.
The Øresund (The Sound): Located between the Danish island of Zealand and the Swedish coast, this narrow strait is heavily trafficked.
The Little Belt (Lillebælt): The narrowest of the straits, primarily used by local traffic and smaller vessels.To get into the North Sea, these ships must also pass through the Kattegat and the Skagerrak—the larger bodies of water that separate Denmark from Sweden and Norway. Because these sea lanes act as critical chokepoints for Russia's Baltic ports, their passage is highly monitored by NATO members, including the Danish Navy.
what a fart of inconsequential !
DeleteMfer, Russian naval force ONLY plays limited role in the Ukraine special military operation.
DAY 6 OF THE 40-DAY CAMPAIGN: UKRAINE STRIKES RUSSIA'S SECOND-LARGEST GASOLINE PRODUCER 💥🛢️🦅
ReplyDeleteWhile the Kremlin remains obsessed with raining down missiles and drones onto sleeping families in Kyiv, Ukraine responds with surgical vengeance, striking directly at the financial and logistical jugular of the Russian war machine.
Overnight, Russia’s fourth-largest oil refinery was set ablaze following a highly coordinated precision strike by Ukraine’s long-range drone fleet. This massive facility, operated by energy giant Lukoil, is a critical piece of infrastructure—it stands as Russia’s second-largest domestic producer of gasoline.
The strategic implications of this strike are staggering:
Compounding the Fuel Collapse: This disaster comes less than 24 hours after Kremlin officials panicked on live state TV about agricultural tractors rotting in the fields due to dry tanks, and as ordinary Russian civilians are actively storming the Kazakh border just to forage for fuel.
Irreparable Production Crises: Disabling a significant portion of Russia’s second-largest gasoline producer means pump prices across the federation will skyrocket even further. The Kremlin simply cannot import replacement western components to repair these distillation units at the velocity Ukraine is dismantling them.
If yesterday’s window in our operational "advent calendar" featured burning electrical grids in Moscow, Day 6 has delivered a devastating blow straight to the Kremlin's fuel reserves. Ukraine is systematically liquidating the economic pillars that keep the occupation alive. The clock is ticking, and the smoke over Lukoil is visible for miles! ⏳🔥🏭
https://x.com/jalle51/status/2072573959023808951?s=46&t=8K6fzabO3g6uaj4KxwSSjg
wakakakaka…
DeleteRussian fuel collapse?
Soon, all those European countries would face a coldest winter, with highest warming costs.
The size of the lines waiting for fuel in Russia reached mind-boggling levels. Some regions in Russia are already at the verge of total logistical collapse.
ReplyDeletehttps://x.com/tendar/status/2072715735613280371?s=46&t=8K6fzabO3g6uaj4KxwSSjg
Bloodymir Rasputin will Face his Gorbachev moment soon….? Ha3
ReplyDeleteDAY 6 OF THE 40-DAY CAMPAIGN: RUSSIAN BANKS BLEEDING 13 BILLION RUBLES A DAY AS CASH PANIC STRIKES! 📉💸🇷🇺
Behind the Kremlin's war propaganda lies a terminal domestic meltdown. According to official Russian Central Bank data, a massive crisis of confidence has triggered a run on the country's banks. For the fifth consecutive month, liquid capital is fleeing the financial system.
In June alone, hard currency in circulation surged by a staggering 449.7 billion rubles—an 18% acceleration compared to May. Since February, Russians have drained a monumental 1.903 trillion rubles from the system, averaging a systemic loss of 12.6 billion rubles every single day.
Why are Russians hoarding paper cash under their mattresses?
The Gray Market Explodes: Businesses are shifting to cash transactions to evade heavy wartime tax hikes.
Fear of Grid Collapses: Citizens are hoarding physical banknotes out of sheer terror over potential internet blackouts and institutional failures.
The Deputy Chairman of Sberbank openly admitted this is "a highly disturbing phenomenon" because the withdrawn cash is being permanently hoarded and never recirculates into ATMs or bank terminals.
My take – How this fuels the inflationary spiral:This cash flight is an economic death sentence. The Central Bank is forced to print massive amounts of paper currency to replenish dry ATMs, rapidly devaluing the ruble. To slow the panic, the state is trapped into maintaining suffocating interest rates, which prevents local companies from borrowing to produce goods. The result? Severe product shortages and skyrocketing prices.
The Russian people no longer trust Putin, their banks, or the digital value of their currency. The clock is ticking, the vaults are emptying, and the ruble is losing its grip! ⏳💸📉
SOURCE: Financial tracking from the Central Bank of Russia via Interfax and The New Voice of Ukraine (July 2, 2026). Executive testimony by Yury Belikov (CEO of Expert RA) and Taras Skvortsov (Deputy Chairman of Sberbank).
https://x.com/jalle51/status/2072732298261180484?s=46&t=8K6fzabO3g6uaj4KxwSSjg
Reuters:
DeleteMOSCOW, June 26 (Reuters) - Russia's central bank said on Friday there was no need for extra measures to stabilise the banking system, despite a rise in cash withdrawals that some have blamed on worries about internet shutdowns and possible disruptions to payment systems.
There has been an increase in customers taking out cash in recent months, as people fear payment terminals might stop working amid intermittent online blackouts that authorities say have been imposed to disrupt the navigation of Ukrainian drones.