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Finland will seek NATO membership immediately

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Re: Finland will seek NATO membership immediately

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Post by gerikson »

thinkingemote wrote: post #4

Has Finland significant pro-Russian politicians? Or at least pro before February 2022? I visited there a while ago and there was a feel of Russian friendliness at the least with significant independence on the streets. But that's just my feelings and I wasn't paying attention back then.

This article (in Finnish) shows which Finnish MPs are against joining NATO.

That's not implying they are pro- current Russian government.

https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000008684257.html

Re: Finland will seek NATO membership immediately

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Post by kqr »

golergka wrote: post #8
fsloth wrote: post #2

There was some discussion on plausible NATO membership of Finland and Sweden. At that point the disucssion was based on guestimates from media. But now it's official. This is not the NATO membership application, but a statement from the political leadership in Finland that they support and suggest parliament proceeds with the application process with maximum urgency. The President and Prime Minister of Finland have p…

Putin's pan to not let NATO on Russian borders worked out great.

I mean there's that joke that the Apollo missions were the greatest scientific accomplishment by the Soviet Union.

Re: Finland will seek NATO membership immediately

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Post by Borrible »

"When we look across the border now, we see a Finn on the other side. If Finland joins NATO, we will see an enemy."

Putin to a Finnish journalist in 2016 according to Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in an interview with the German magazine 'Der Spiegel'

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/finnish-president...

I guess, the russians are finnished.

Re: Finland will seek NATO membership immediately

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Post by thematrixturtle »

fsloth wrote: post #2

There was some discussion on plausible NATO membership of Finland and Sweden. At that point the disucssion was based on guestimates from media. But now it's official. This is not the NATO membership application, but a statement from the political leadership in Finland that they support and suggest parliament proceeds with the application process with maximum urgency. The President and Prime Minister of Finland have p…

This more or less seals Finland applying for NATO membership. However, adding new members requires unanimous consent from all existing members, so it's not guaranteed to be smooth sailing. Russia is also obviously deeply unhappy about this and will do its best to disrupt the process via direct and indirect pressure.

Re: Finland will seek NATO membership immediately

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Post by ngold »

kqr wrote: post #12
golergka wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Putin's pan to not let NATO on Russian borders worked out great.

I mean there's that joke that the Apollo missions were the greatest scientific accomplishment by the Soviet Union.

That is rather apt. And mirroring Russian claims to disarm nazis in Ukraine and take over the government in 3 days. Only to get sanctioned into economic doom, and have Ukraine forever supplied with the teeth of all western nations. It did not work out so well. We are all rooting for spinal cancer.
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