Finland was part of the Russian Empire and later had a complex relationship with the Soviet Union, it also has a very long land border with Russia. Some compare the invasion of the Ukraine to the 1939 Winter War. Many believe that someth similar to what happen to Finland is now happen to Ukraine. There is a concrete analogy there: Finland had been part of the Russian Empire until 1917, that is, 20 years before Stalin’s attack, and the Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union until 30 years ago. In both cases they appear as leftovers, first from the empire and now from the USSR.
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Against the little one who resists beyond his strength. Stalin is suppos to have thought that sections of the work class would welcome the R Army, because of the memory of the Finnish civil war between the Rs and Belarus Phone Number List Whites, but there was a bitter national resistance that was not a victory for Finland but did prevent a full invasion. Today Ukrainian flags are in almost all public spaces in Finland. The idea, furthermore, is that if there is a moral condemnation and economic sanctions, that does not mean that.
Russia will stop the aggression against
Ukraine, but it does mean that it will think . And in the social imaginary, every Russian tank destroy in the Ukraine is one less tank to invade Finland. This perception is very common. On the other hand, there is a sort of mental militarization of Finnish society. Both in support for Ukraine and when AGB Directory think about national defense: for example, there is great support for increas the military budget. Is this also generat geopolitical rapprochement with Swen? Between Finland and Swen there are many talks to evaluate a joint application for NATO membership.