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Russia demands Finland leave NATO and the alliance abandon bases in the Baltic states These “conditions” were put forward by the Russian delegation during recent trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, BILD reports. Moscow proposes keeping occupied Ukrainian territories and taking all of Donbas, including Kyiv-controlled parts of Donetsk and Luhansk. The plan also requires NATO to drop military bases in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and Finland to leave the military alliance. Ukraine would get non-aligned status and renounce NATO membership, though EU membership is not ruled out. Odesa and Mykolaiv ports would be demilitarized. Agreements on free navigation in the Black and Baltic Seas are also envisaged. Russia also wants Moldova turned into a federal republic including Moldova, Gagauzia and Transnistria. If Moldova joins the EU, Transnistria and Gagauzia could hold independence referendums. In exchange, Moscow offers to withdraw nuclear weapons from Belarus, abandon intermediate-range missiles there, and pull troops from Transnistria.