Volodin wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

He commented on the offer by the authorities of the Finnish city of Lappeenranta to host the base of the North Atlantic Alliance, who said that this would "create a sense of security."

Volodin stated that "in the event of the outbreak of hostilities, strikes are delivered primarily on the enemy's military infrastructure."

“Positioning NATO bases will not protect either Finland or Sweden.

On the contrary,” he said.

According to the chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament, this "will jeopardize the inhabitants of cities where the military infrastructure will be located."

Earlier, the mayor of the Finnish city of Lappeenranta, Kimmo Järvu, proposed to place the base of the North Atlantic Alliance on the territory of South Karelia, a region of Finland bordering Russia.