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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 ...

With armament, with money. the other question is whether it's enough or not. and what's the answer? what we have seen actually is that in the very beginning, after february 24th, there were lots of fears about enlargement and the escalation of the crisis. and little by little we have seen heavier armament, more armament delivered to ukraine. but the point is, mr president, the vast majority of that weaponry, particularly the most powerful weapon, is coming from the united states. that is true. their military assistance amounts to something like 27 billion usd. now, key economies in europe, fra...