Finland lifts ban on nuclear weapons following growing threat from Russia

Finland has approved new legislation allowing the import, transport, supply and possession of nuclear weapons on its territory, marking a major shift in the countrys defence policy amid growing security concerns over neighbouring Russia.The new law removes long-standing restrictions that had prohibited nuclear weapons from being brought into Finland. The previous ban was contained in the 1987 Nuclear Energy Act, which prevented any nuclear weapons from being stationed or transported on Finnish soil.Finnish authorities said the legislative change was necessary due to what they described as an increasingly unpredictable security environment following Russias invasion of Ukraine and heighten...