The Russian authorities said: “They cut off the electricity supply to Finland.”

Russia’s Rao Nordic, which supplies electricity to Finland, announced on Friday its intention to cut electricity supplies at midnight, noting that it “has not received any payments in return at a time when Finland is seeking to join NATO.” Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned about the consequences of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, which would lead to the militarization of the North, while noting that it was premature to talk about Russia’s deployment of nuclear weapons in the Baltic region.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Alexander Grushko pointed out that “the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO will lead to the militarization of the region, since this entry does not meet the interests of Sweden and Finland, nor the interests of ensuring European security and stability, nor the interests of regional stability. North, which was until recently the most militarily peaceful region in Europe, where the emphasis was on cooperation rather than competition in the military sphere, now the picture will change radically.