to keep russians out. my guest today is the president of finland, sauli niinisto. mr president, finland hasjust made a major strategic shift. thank you. this country is now prepared to join nato. how big a deal is that? cold war ended, that s beginning of 90s, we have all the time developed our interoperability with nato, our armament is, well, quite modern, usa based mostly. so, in a way, we have been very prepared all the time. but the change is, like you said, remarkable. it s remarkable because public opinion has moved so far so fast. just a year ago, polls suggested that 20% to 30% of finns liked the idea ofjoining nato. now it s 75% to 80%. yes. is that based on a new level of fear of neighbouring russia? first of all, even though so many said a year ago that no reason to apply for membership in nato, they were not actually against nato. it was more like a rational or pragmatic opinion. we don t need it now. and that s why we kept on saying, our governments, that we ke
was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk from helsinki. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, he probably didn t consider the impact it would have on another neighbour, finland, but maybe he should have, because after decades of pragmatic coexistence, finland has made a big strategic decision to join nato, to send weapons to kyiv, and to build a big fence along the border with russia to keep russians out. my guest today is the president of finland, sauli niinisto. do finns now see russia as the enemy next door? president sauli niinisto. welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, finland hasjust made a major strategic shift. this country is now prepared to join nato. how big a deal is that? it is, but if you look back, let s say time before.after cold war ended, that s beginning of 90s, we
my guest today is the president of finland, sauli niinisto. do finns now see russia as the enemy nextdoor? president sauli niinisto, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, finland hasjust made a major strategic shift. this country is now prepared to join nato. how big a deal is that? it is, but if you look back at the time before the cold war ended, that is the beginning of the 90s, we have all the time developed our interoperability with nato. our armament is, well, quite modern, us based, mostly. so, in a way, we have been very prepared all the time. but the changes, like you said, remarkable. it is remarkable because public opinion has moved so far so fast. just a year ago, polls suggested that 20 to 30% of firms liked the idea ofjoining nato, now it is 75 to 80%. is that based on a new level of fear of neighbouring russia? first of all, even though so many said a year ago that no reason to apply for membership of nato, they were not actually against nato, it was mo
while attempting to land in stormy weather. authorities say more than 20 people survived the crash, and were taken to hospital. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk from helsinki. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, he probably didn t consider the impact it would have on another neighbour, finland, but maybe he should have, because after decades of pragmatic coexistence, finland has made a big strategic decision to join nato, to send weapons to kyiv, and to build a big fence along the border with russia to keep russians out. my guest today is the president of finland, sauli niinisto. do finns now see russia as the enemy next door? president sauli niinisto. welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, finland hasjust made a major strategic shift. this country is now prepared to join naito. prepared tojoin nato. how big a deal is that? it is, but if you look back, let s say time before.after cold war ende
try to correct this in some way. instead what we have here, you would have to prove that the person was knowing, that they were willful and they doubled down. so many times as in to buck any notion that they did not know it was actually happening. why that s so important of course is because normally it s so hard to find the intent of a witness let alone a defendant or a target because you have to go into their minds and they are not going to be forthcoming with you about what they want pause they know they ve got this damocles. you have this great recording, the idea of the recording, this notion of what he knew and who told him information. you can t simply say, well, i m assuming someone told him something. we know that this over a year had be a process between the national archives saying specifically we are the lawful custodians of documents, we need to have them returned, there was a subpoena as well you haven t given them. is the taped conversation that cnn and paula and team