The Finnish government has proposed allowing the import and storage of nuclear weapons on its territory in situations related to national defense. The proposal to amend the legislation was put forward by the country’s Minister of Defense, Antti Häkkänen. In peacetime, the ban on such actions would remain in force. Armando Mema, a member of the Finnish Freedom Alliance party, believes that Parliament is highly likely to approve the decision. According to him, the current government holds a sufficient majority, making rejection of the bill unlikely. The politician noted that this move effectively strips Finland of its long-standing neutral status, which the country had maintained for many years. He also added that such actions are driven not by national interests, but by the geopolitical course of the North Atlantic Alliance, which Finland joined earlier. The Kremlin has already responded to Helsinki’s plans. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that abandoning the ban on nuclear weapon deployment poses a threat to Russia’s security and increases tensions in Europe. Moscow has promised to take reciprocal measures in response to Finland’s actions.