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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 2...

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 russ...

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 ...

But that we will enhance our cooperation with nato, with our partnership with... bilaterally with sweden, even with the usa, and i want the european union to develop more defence thinking. he asked me why, and i said that every independent nations maximise their security. and russia understands that kind of expressions. well... so why it was in a way important to try to have normal relations, at least normal relations, we have a long borderline. i know that. in 2015, we suddenly saw that they let people come, so—called refugees, from 30 countries to finland,

Bilaterally with sweden, even with the usa, and i want the european union to develop more defence thinking. he asked me why, and i said that every independent nations maximise their security. and russia understands that kind of expressions. well... so why it was in a way important to try to have normal relations, at least normal relations, we have a long borderline. i know that. in 2015, we suddenly saw that they let people come, so—called refugees, from 30 countries to finland, crossing the border, asking for asylum and... you mean weaponising the migration issue? in a way.