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And it is going to pass soon, apparently. a former prime minister of finland tells the afp this week that it is a foregone conclusion that finland will request nato membership, and the requests will happen within the next few weeks. it will happen in time for the next nato summit in june. now, russia has responded by threatening that theres going to be consequences of that happens. consequences, including military consequences, if tunisians join nato. but these arent just two countries. particul...

The finnish government was not toppled. they negotiated a peace with the soviets. and then negotiated settlement was bad for finland, but it was nowhere near as bad as what stalin had intended for when he invaded in the first place. he thought he would run roughshod over the place. and the negotiation settlement of the winter war, finland did have to seat about 10% of its territory to the soviets, which is bad. but, they state finland. they kept their independence as a nation. they kept their so...

The requests will happen within the next few weeks. it will happen in time for the next nato summit in june. now, russia has responded by threatening that theres going to be consequences of that happens. consequences, including military consequences, if tunisians join nato. but these arent just two countries. particularly finland. since the winter war in 1940, finland has been getting ready for those kinds of threats from this country that invaded them before. and at least now is implicitly thre...

As bad wore stallen. in the negotiated settlement that ended the winter war, finland did have to cede territory to the soviet which is is bad. but they stayed finland. they kept their sovereignty. they kept their way of government. they even got to keep their army. they got to stay who they are. and they also never forgot it. and that history is here to help now. that history is newly relevant now. not just because it echoes, right? not just because the finns holding off the soviet invading forc...

Many people in Finland have joined training associations to sharpen their military skills or learn first aid since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Would basically take finland or install their own government. or annex finland, erase it as a sovereign country. again, they didnt think it would be hard. they thought it would take maybe a few days. it did not work that way, the finns in 1939 fought them off furiously. at the time there were less than 4 million people in finland. 180 million people in the soviet union. and proportionate militaries to that population, the finns were outnumbered they were wildly outdone. they were also resourcefu...

The Finnish and Swedish prime ministers gave a joint press conference in Stockholm as the war in Ukraine has prompted both countries to reevaluate traditional positions of neutrality that lasted throughout the Cold War.

The Finnish and Swedish prime ministers gave a joint press conference in Stockholm as the war in Ukraine has prompted both countries to reevaluate traditional positions of neutrality that lasted throughout the Cold War.

Sanna Marin's comments came as a report warned Nato membership could increase tensions with Russia.

Sweden has signalled it will apply for NATO membership today in a move set to infuriate Vladimir Putin by expanding the US-backed security alliance's presence