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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in 2017. (Official photo by the Office of the President of the Russian Federation; Kremlin.ru)
On April 3, after revelations of atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said, “We won’t close our eyes, we won’t be silent, we won’t forget.” Only a short while ago, such a statement from a Finnish prime minister about Russia would have been unthinkable. Finland has a long border with Russia and has been careful about offending Russian sensibilities. Yet recent events have seen the Finnish prime minister condemn Russian war crimes in the strongest language possible. And more astonishing still, Finland’s Why Finlandization Is a Terrible Model For Ukraine