{"id":1479198,"date":"2022-05-18T08:29:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1479198"},"modified":"2022-05-18T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:29:56","slug":"russia-warns-swedens-nato-application-will-inflict-considerable-damage-on-european-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-warns-swedens-nato-application-will-inflict-considerable-damage-on-european-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Warns Sweden\u2019s NATO Application Will \u201cInflict Considerable Damage\u201d on European Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-warns-swedens-nato-application-will-inflict-considerable-damage-on-european-security%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1479198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry is warning this week that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/sweden-says-we-want-to-become-a-member-of-nato-while-mitch-mcconnell-vows-swift-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sweden\u2019s plan to apply for NATO membership<\/a> will &#8220;inflict considerable damage to the security of Northern Europe and Europe as a whole.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The remark comes as Moscow\u00a0continues its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bloody invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, which has put Sweden \u2013 and its neighbor Finland, which shares a border with Russia \u2013 on heightened alert.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sweden\u2019s accession to NATO will inflict considerable damage to the security of Northern Europe and Europe as a whole,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/mid.ru\/en\/foreign_policy\/news\/1813545\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement<\/a>. &#8220;The Russian Federation will have to take response measures, both military-technical and others, to curb the threats to its national security which arise in this context.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Sweden-NATO-application.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde poses for photographers as she signs Sweden&#039;s application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm on Tuesday, May 17.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde poses for photographers as she signs Sweden&#8217;s application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm on Tuesday, May 17.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Henrik Montgomery\/TT News Agency via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/remaining-ukrainian-soldiers-evacuated-mariupol-steel-plant-zelesnkyy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>REMAINING UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS EVACUATED FROM MARIUPOL STEEL PLANT, ZELENSKYY SAYS<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this respect, much will depend on the specific conditions of Sweden\u2019s integration into the North Atlantic Alliance, including the potential deployment of strike systems of this military bloc on its territory,&#8221; the statement continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In any event, NATO membership will not enhance Sweden\u2019s security if only because nobody is threatening the country,&#8221; it also said. &#8220;However, it will definitely lead to the loss of its sovereignty in foreign policy decision-making.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/bec37f2d-Vladimir-Putin.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, May 16.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, May 16.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Alexander Nemenov\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;For our part, we are convinced that this choice by the politicians currently in power in Sweden does not meet the long-term interests of the Swedish people,&#8221; the statement concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Magdalena-Andersson.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Sweden&#039;s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, right, and the Moderate Party&#039;s leader Ulf Kristersson give a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday, May 16.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Sweden&#8217;s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, right, and the Moderate Party&#8217;s leader Ulf Kristersson give a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday, May 16.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Henrik Montgomery\/TT News Agency via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/sweden-says-we-want-to-become-a-member-of-nato-while-mitch-mcconnell-vows-swift-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said<\/a> &#8220;we will inform NATO that we want to become a member of the alliance.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sweden needs formal security guarantees that come with membership in NATO,&#8221; she said in a speech to lawmakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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