There are about 30,000 people have citizenship of the Russian Federation, and Russian is the mother language of about 70,000 people in Finland. The ECRI recommended that action be taken to combat negative societal attitudes and manifestations of intolerance towards the members of Russian-speaking communities.
When considering the integration of Russian immigrants to Finland from the viewpoint of employment, it can be noticed that the Russian immigrants have not been very successful in finding their place in the job market. The educational level of Russian immigrants in Finland is fairly high: almost 40% of them have graduated from the university or polytechnic, whereas the corresponding number of the whole Finnish population is 30%. Despite this fact unemployment among people with Russian backgrounds is notably higher than that of Finnish citizens. The Russians and Estonians have been more successful than refugees in finding employment in Finland, but the unemployment rate of Russian citizens is twice that of Estonians.
That's some good knowledge you've picked up there Ray. However, numbers don't tell the whole story.
Many Russian citizens in Finland are ethnically Finnish and while their "mother tongue" may be Russian, Finnish could be their "second" mother tongue, or they could at least be very, very proficient with Finnish.
Also, Russian go to "university" after they've finished what would be high school in Finland, while Finns would do senior high/ 6 form college or Polytechnic before going to University. Ignoring the difference in standards between; Russian high school and university and Finnish high school and senior high, a Russian "university degree" is just not as relevant to the Finnish workplace as a Finnish Senior High/ Polytechnic certificate.
A further complication is that Bachelor Degree's aren't fully recognised in Finland. It's only been quite recently Finnish universities have allowed their students to graduate before completing their Master's degree.
Also not mentioned in your figures is that many Estonians in Finland are ethnically Russian and aren't necessarily that good at Finnish.
So, your memory is three posts long...
No, his memory doesn't even run to one post.
And before you ( not prohumanity ) start replying with "Kosovo", "Junta", "coop", "Nuland",
Heard of Kosovo?
To be fair, the West, NATO and Russia have much to do with Ukraine.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
Your moral equivalency really annoys me...
Regarding Russians in Finland, big issue is the language barrier, Estonians got an edge in the labour market because their language in close to Finland. Russian minority will not cause any problem in Finland, the idea is very far fetched, sorry. Regarding "buffer zones" Germany needed buffer zones around her 70 years ago, not anymore. in that sense Russia is lagging 50 years behind in strategic thinking. The discussion in Finland has lately turned European, we see us as a part of EU more than ever before, European identity is getting stronger, maybe some day we will have United States of Europe.
It is rather odd that you bring in German necessity of buffer zones. Have I mentioned it?
And why should German want a buffer zone now?
They have all the NATO surrogates to the East giving them a HUGE buffer zone as it is.
United States of Europe?
It was you, Ray, that brought up strategic depth. Buffer zones, strategic depth, etc. is really old-school, debatedly no longer relevant, politics.
Personally, I don't see the Russian government's military intervention in the Ukraine as being about strategic depth. But yes, can't see Russia invading Finland any time soon
That would be a mighty big sandwich
