Dear Mr. Trump: Don’t Appease Putin at the Expense of Eastern Europe
byI and many Estonians like me await the summit between the United States and Russia in Finland on Monday with a certain sense of…
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Finnish Prosecutor: Pro-Kremlin Trolls Destroyed Journalist’s Life
byA critically important court case about the limitations on free speech in Finland is unfolding in a Helsinki court this week. Jessikka Aro, a…
Schröderization’s Finnish Roots
byDuring last month’s “Putincon” pro-democracy conference in New York, several European and American politicians were represented as Vladimir Putin’s accomplises. Among them were French…
Johan Bäckman Accused of Harassing and Defaming YLE Journalist
byFinnish newspaper, Aamulehti reports that a well known Finnish pro-Kremlin advocate, Johan Bäckman, is accused of having committed crimes against a journalist at Finland’s…
Finnish Court Bans Neo-Nazi Group
byA Finnish district court in Tampere has declared the Finnish neo-Nazi Nordic Resitance Movement illegal due to its “unlawful” activities. According to an YLE…
Finnish Historians: Former Finnish Foreign Minister An Operative of Russian intelligence
byProfessor and former Finnish ambassador, Alpo Rusi and the former party secretary of The Finnish Centre Party, author Jarmo Korhonen have published a new…
Kremlin Conducts Massive Arctic Nuclear War Games
byFour ballistic missiles were launched by Russian forces on Wednesday in one of the largest Russian nuclear drills since in the post-Soviet era. All…
Helmets for Peace!
byDuring crises it’s essential that we look each other in the eye. To see and recognize ourselves as the humans we are and not…
Are “Home Russians” Making A Return in Finland?
byThe next Russian ambassador to Finland, Pavel Kuznetsov, differs strongly from the long-serving, doctor of physics Alexander Rumyanstev, who has served as Russian ambassador…
Lustration, Finnish Security & The Pitfalls of Foreign Policy Analysis
byBy Pekka Virkki and Jukka Mallinen The public debate on foreign and security policy in Finland has often been characterized as vague, cautious, repetitive,…