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2014-04-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Vladimir Putin 'Wants to Regain Finland' Says Close Adviser

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Posted by Fred 2014-04-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I'm curious why Illarionov and Putin are no longer BFFs. A little axe-grinding going on?

This story is being shopped around, but I don't buy it. Finland might have been useful during WWII, but it isn't a strategic necessity today like Crim, and Putin already has that.

Posted by SteveS 2014-04-01 01:01|| 2014-04-01 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Moreover SteveS, "Finlandization" is the new key word for Russian goals in "near abroad".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-04-01 08:32|| 2014-04-01 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 There might be more than a few Simo Häyhäs around to discourage that idea.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2014-04-01 22:04|| 2014-04-01 22:04|| Front Page Top

#4 See WORLD NEWS > [Ria Novosti] CRIMEA [accession/annexation by Russia] HAS DEFEATED COLD WAR THINKING - EXPERT.

KARIL KOKTYSH, Political Scientist wid Moscow State's Institute of International Relations.

NO MORE "COLD WARS" IN THIS AGE OF OWG GLOBALISM, ONLY EITHER "LUKEWARM/WARM WARS" OR WORSE "HOT WARS", more popularly known as "NOT taking 'NO'! for an answer".

* BIGNEWSNETWORK > [NPR] RUSSIANS BEYOND RUSSIA'S BORDERS SPELL TROUBLE FOR EASTERN EUROPE.

The EU at one time was supposed to dev its own ALL-EURO, EU-ONLY military counterpart or equivalent to the US-led NATO, but that idean never got off the ground as due to the Euro financial crisis.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-04-01 23:26|| 2014-04-01 23:26|| Front Page Top

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