1) Vladimir Putin ‘wants to regain Finland’ for Russia, adviser says
After annexing Crimea and with troops massed on the border of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin will not stop trying to expand Russia until he has “conquered” Belarus, the Baltic states and Finland, one of his closest former advisers has said.
According to Andrej Illarionov, the President’s chief economic adviser from 2000 to 2005, Mr Putin seeks to create “historical justice” with a return to the days of the last Tsar, Nicholas II, and the Soviet Union under Stalin.
Speaking to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, Mr Illarionov warned that Russia will argue that the granting of independence to Finland in 1917 was an act of “treason against national interests”.
“Putin’s view is that he protects what belongs to him and his predecessors,” Mr Illarionov said.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-putin-wants-to-regain-finland-for-russia-adviser-says-9224273.html
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2) Russia warns Finland against joining NATO
Do Finland want to start World War III? It's something to think about if Finland wants to join NATO, warns Russian President Vladimir Putin's personal envoy Sergei Markov.
It's not Russian hatred against Finland, but if Finland joins NATO, it shows that the country has a Russia-complex, said Markov, who is a political scientist, to the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet.
- If Finland wants to join NATO, they should think first . Will you join and start World War III? Anti-Semitism started World War II. Russofobien can start a third. Finland is one of the most russofobiske countries in Europe, after Sweden and the Baltic countries, says Markov to the Finnish newspaper.
He calls the Russofobi in Finnish media "despicable" and says he has stopped reading translations from Finnish media. He cites the phrase "this could lead to the Russian influence increases" as an example of what he calls Russofobi.
In the same interview Markov predicts that the eastern part of Ukraine, including Donetsk, Luhansk, Charkiv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporozjie are going to form a new federation to be named Novorossija.
http://norwaytoday.info/home_view.php?id=11410
3)Scared By Russia, Sweden And Finland Make War Pact
The defense ministers of Sweden and Finland announced Thursday a new military cooperation agreement that could see the two countries
go to war together in the event of an attack. The new relationship comes amid ongoing aggressive behavior from Russia in the region. Neither country is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance, whose charter stipulates that an attack on one member is an attack on all, mandating a reaction from every allied nation.
http://www.ibtimes.com/scared-russia-sweden-finland-make-war-pact-1821906
4)Once a taboo, Nato membership now a hot topic in Finland
Four years ago, when Finland’s current government came to power,
Nato membership was deliberately ruled out.
Now, with a new government set to come to power after elections on Sunday, Nato membership — once a taboo subject in the Nordic nation — is being anxiously discussed.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/613f0600-e425-11e4-9039-00144feab7de.html
5)Is It Time For Finland to Join NATO?
Last week, Finland's new government announced that they will
explore the possibility of NATO membership. While wariness is still evident in Finland's public and membership likely a ways off, the government's clear focus on NATO underscores the serious threat they face from an aggressive Russia. Helsinki's stance makes a full exploration of the benefits of future Alliance membership by its policy makers more crucial than ever.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/it-time-finland-join-nato-13044
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Now to put things into perspective.
If this latest article on post #1 is a followup news on this media dance...its to be understood that they got the thing rolling.
IMO, its a structured propaganda to get the collective Finland psych into joining NATO and moving up against Russia Vis-a-Vis Ukraine.
Now Finland got a reason to come out of their barracks with Barrack Obama.
Well!!!! this is how perceptions are shaped for new world orders..
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May the Gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds!
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