Finland opposes Vladimir Putin

Რa Finland Knock on doors NATO Is the second shot in the butt of a Kalashnikov Vladimir Putin. The consequences of his actions are exactly the opposite of the goals he sets for himself in achieving them.

The first effect, contrary to what the Russian president expected when he invaded Ukraine, was a reversal Vladimir Zelensky In a kind of Ukrainian version of Churchill.

For the head of the Kremlin, the President of Ukraine is an incredible leader. This is not in line with Putin’s notion of a ruler linking the exercise of power to characters such as the king. Peter the Great, Stalin Or MussoliniAmong other exponents of the authoritarian road and as Roosevelt, De Gaulle And own ChurchillOn a democratic path with other exponents. But Zelensky has nothing to do with what Putin might associate with power and leadership.

The fact that a young man with no political experience coming from acting in the comedy field is not afraid of him and did not flee from Kiev as soon as Russian tanks arrived from Belarus is exactly what the Russian leader is doing. he will not understand.

He bet on the occupation of Kiev, among other things, to destroy Zelensky’s image, but he achieved the exact opposite: He expanded.

It achieves the same by dealing with NATO expansion to the east. Finland as well Sweden, Was always very comfortable in his neutrality. But a humanitarian catastrophe carried out by the Russian army in Ukraine has made these two Scandinavian countries think twice. Leave The policies they have been pursuing since the end of the decade second World War.

It can not be otherwise. Destroying Russian tanks, planes and artillery citiesMassacre Civilians And destroys production Industrial and agricultural Of the countries that did not attack Russia, did not finance terrorism in Russia, and did not carry out subversive actions against Russia’s industrial infrastructure, is the most convincing explanation for why there are so many former Soviet countries that joined the Warsaw Pact. Seek protection Atlantic Alliance: They are afraid of Russia And the justification for this fear is Death And Destruction That Ukraine is suffering.

Neither Finland nor Sweden had any plans to join NATO. It was the war waged by Putin that opened this debate in the halls of parliament Helsinki ი Stockholm.

Finland has overcome a mixture of fear and hatred Towards Russia, which fell behind as a result of the invasion, which in 1939 unleashed the so-called “Winter War”. It was at that time a newly born country whose past was divided between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Sweden, which Stalin demanded the surrender of the Karelian Isthmus in order to remove the borders several tens of kilometers from Leningrad. There was a territorial exchange proposed by Moscow Unacceptable And the Finns rejected it, so they suffered Invasion That the Kremlin imposed on them.

In this war they lost more than ten percent of the territory they tried to rebuild ᲛThird Reich Invaded the USSR. But Durability The Finns raised the image of that Scandinavian nation in the world and It got dark Image of the Soviet Union.

Finland lost Karelian Isthmus and was forced to exist NeutralBut retained its Sovereignty. The neutrality imposed by the USSR in the act of capitulation led to Did not join NATO When the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in April 1949 in Washington.

Since then they have never reconsidered the position that allowed them to do so Western model Political and economic system, deep ties with Europe and its transatlantic allies, and at the same time a Good relationship Political and commercial relations with Soviet Russia and post-Soviet Russia.

Invasion of Ukraine and destruction of this Slavic country Completed the push Finland should try to take the step that Putin wants to take to prevent all its neighbors. The Russian warrior leader, who should not be afraid, turned into a young comic A tough challenge That in addition to not being afraid of her, faces. And with the same military action he is trying to crush Zelensky, he has created another incredible rival that he understands as a leader: the very young Prime Minister of Finland. Sanna Marini.

Nor could he intimidate her with her huge arsenal.

* The author is a political scientist and journalist.