Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the deployment of additional troops and weapons systems on the country’s north-western border with new NATO member Finland as he also warns that Moscow is technically ready for nuclear war. During an interview on Russian state television, which was broadcast late on Tuesday evening, Putin said that joining NATO was an “absolutely senseless step” that did not correspond to Finland’s national interests. Before this decision in Helsinki, Russian-Finnish relations had been ideal, Putin said. Finland and Sweden applied for membership of the Western mil…