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1/ The head of @FIIA_fi, @MikaAaltola, warns that in the long run, #Russia will try to turn #Finland into a ”different and special” #NATO member, something between #Hungary and #Norway.
This is noteworthy as there is a cabinet formation process going on in Helsinki.
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This is noteworthy as there is a cabinet formation process going on in Helsinki.
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2/ In Hungary, Russia used three important tools to increase her influence, eventually enabling Orbán’s autocratization:
1) Demoralization in front of the totalitarian heritage (inadequate #lustration)
2) Corrupt networks of the ancien regime
3) Organized crime with Russian ties
1) Demoralization in front of the totalitarian heritage (inadequate #lustration)
2) Corrupt networks of the ancien regime
3) Organized crime with Russian ties
3/ While Finland was never a communist dictatorship, all the elements above were present in the country after the Cold War.
#Finlandization turned into #PostFinlandization, protecting local #KGB-connected elites. Staying outside #NATO made the problem even more dangerous.
#Finlandization turned into #PostFinlandization, protecting local #KGB-connected elites. Staying outside #NATO made the problem even more dangerous.
#BREAKING
#Finland's state deputy prosecutor has brought charges of gross misconduct against ethnic #Russia`n spy Georgij Alafuzoff. Alafuzoff has previously served as intelligence chief of @Puolustusvoimat & #EU military staff
#Turpo #Säkpol
#Finland's state deputy prosecutor has brought charges of gross misconduct against ethnic #Russia`n spy Georgij Alafuzoff. Alafuzoff has previously served as intelligence chief of @Puolustusvoimat & #EU military staff
#Turpo #Säkpol
#Ukraine #Finlandization #watek. Finlandyzacja, termin ukuty poza Finlandią, ma być wybawieniem dla Ukrainy. "Jeśli Finlandia tyle dzięki niej osiągnęła, to czemu nie Ukraina?"-mówią nasi geopolitycy. Tymczasem sfinlandyzowana Finlandia miała ogromne problemy 1/39
Finlandyzacja wzięła się ze sposobu w jaki Finlandia wyszła z wojny, tocząc walki zarówno z wrogiem jak i byłym sojusznikiem. W efekcie w XI.1944 Andriej Żdanow, podpisujący traktat w imieniu aliantów jako szef Komisji Kontrolnej, był przedstawicielem ZSRR i Wlk.Brytanii.2/39
Komisja Żdanowa zwana "hotelem Tornio" nie podejmowała wprost działań wymierzonych w niepodległość Finlandii, zmusiła Finów do osądzenia osób,uznanych głównie przez ZSRR za "odpowiedzialnych za wojnę agresywną".Najwyższy wyrok otrzymał b.prezydent Ryti -10 lat ciężkich robót 3/39
1. Some rambling thoughts that occur to me as I ponder the #UkraineCrisis: A Geopolitical Tweet Thread of Uncertain Proportions.
I really fail to understand the number of people I see actually defending #Russia re: #Ukraine.
I really fail to understand the number of people I see actually defending #Russia re: #Ukraine.
2. #Russia has security concerns. I agree. History and geography necessitates they are going to be wary of being attacked, particularly across the North European Plain.
3. But if you want to keep your neighbors out of a rival alliance, invading, seizing territories, ignoring security guarantees previously given, interfering with their internal affairs, and massing hundreds of thousands of troops on their borders doesn't seem like the best method
1/ #Ukraine, #Finlandization, and @EmmanuelMacron:
Unlike any other Finns, I do not take the word as an offense per se. Dirty & immoral phenomena were part of our Cold War history & political life, but it was also a story of survival. The two main narratives on Finlandization.
Unlike any other Finns, I do not take the word as an offense per se. Dirty & immoral phenomena were part of our Cold War history & political life, but it was also a story of survival. The two main narratives on Finlandization.
2/ Before the WWII, there was virtually no Russian presence in Finland. Economic ties were almost non-existent and our counterespionage acted efficiently (in most cases). After the war, gradual appeasement under direct, continuous military threat was selected as the FP line.
3/ Despite the starting point, in 1980s the whole society was corrupted by assets of USSR intelligence and the Soviet trade dominated political solutions. I am waiting for @RusiAlpo 's new book on the issue (we should definitely get an English translation).
