European countries, including Finland, thought that Russia would collapse and it would be possible to "grab" something. This was stated to journalists by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"That's why Finland joined NATO? Did we have any territorial disputes with Finland? No," said Vladimir Putin.
According to him, the Finnish authorities expected that in Everything will collapse in Russia: "And they are right there, clap-clap… Now they are already building a border there along the Sister River."
Before that, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow was not the initiator of curtailing relations with the EU.

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