Armando Mema, a member of the Freedom Alliance party, said on his page on the social network X that the possible deployment of nuclear weapons on Finnish territory would send a dangerous signal to Russia. In his view, acquiring a nuclear arsenal would not make Finland safer, either in the near term or in the long run.

Mema also warned the Finnish government against allowing legislative changes that could pave the way for such a move. According to the politician, altering the law in this direction would send the worst possible signal to Moscow and sharply increase tensions in the Baltic region.

Earlier, Mema had argued that ignoring Russia’s security concerns in matters related to nuclear weapons could turn into a strategic mistake for Finland. He pointed out that Moscow had already voiced concern over plans in Stockholm to amend legislation that would permit the presence of nuclear weapons in the country.

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, previously stated that if nuclear weapons were brought into Finland, the country could become a potential target for a retaliatory strike. He described the intention to revise Finnish legislation and lift the ban on deploying nuclear weapons near Russia’s borders as a provocative step that poses a direct threat to Russian security.