His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
“The fact that the security of Sweden, like Finland, as a result of this decision (to join NATO. -
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) will not be strengthened, is completely obvious to us,” Ryabkov said.
Earlier, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said that the desire of the country's ruling party to make it part of NATO is not directed against Russia.
On May 15, the ruling Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden officially decided to apply for membership in the alliance.