'Moscow will not simply put up with Sweden, Finland joining Nato'

No one should have any illusions that Russia will simply put up with the decisions of Sweden and Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday, reported Sputnik.

"They (Nato member states) should not have any illusions that we will simply put up with this... That means that the general level of military tension will increase, and there will be less predictability in this area," Ryabkov told reporters.