Finnish intelligence: Joining NATO could make country as target of Russian operations

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service claimed that future NATO membership would make Finland a "more interesting target" for Russian intelligence and operations.

It has been announced by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO) that Moscow has recently turned to cyberspace and other intelligence sources, after many Russian diplomats were expelled from the West after the war with Ukraine, TRT Haber reports.

It was shared that, in addition to foreigners living or visiting Russia, Russians working in Western countries can also be considered as intelligence gathering targets.

In the statement, which alleged that joining NATO in the future would make Finland "a more interesting target" for Russian intelligence and operations, it was informed that Moscow could try to obtain NATO -related intelligence through its neighbor.

Finland, which applied for NATO membership with Sweden in May, shares a 1340-kilometer land border with Russia.