A senior Putin ally threatened to fire a nuclear weapons at Britain, claiming it would take just three minutes.
Finland, which is poised to join NATO, would be wiped out in ten seconds, Duma defence committee deputy chairman Aleksey Zhuravlyov boasted.
Zhuravlyov's wild threats signal frustrations at Putin's faltering invasion of Ukraine - and ire at Finland's NATO bid.
The news came as Russia cut off electricity supplies to Finland this morning. The Nordic country imports ten per cent of its electricity from Russia.
Russian power flows to Finland stopped as the state-owned importer has not received payments.
RAO Nordic had warned on Friday: 'Unfortunately, we are forced to note that for the volumes which have been sold on Nord Pool exchange since May 6 funds have not yet been credited to our bank account.'
There’s enough electricity in Finland even without imports from Russia, according to Fingrid Oy, which operates the country’s transmission system.
Those flows have recently accounted for around ten per cent of consumption, it said in a statement.
Zhuravlyov said: 'If Finland wants to join this bloc, then our goal is absolutely legitimate - to question the existence of this state. This is logical.
'If the United States threatens our state, it's good: here is the Sarmat [Satan-2 missile] for you, and there will be nuclear ashes from you if you think that Russia should not exist.
'And Finland says that it is at one with the USA. Well, get in line.
'The Finns in general should be grateful to Russia for their statehood, for the fact that Finland exists as a country.'
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