But Mr. Stubb’s country understands the peril of peace negotiations for Ukraine perhaps better than any other. After wars with the Soviet Union in the 1940s, Finland gave up land to Moscow, agreed to neutrality and accepted limits on its military, remaining under the Kremlin’s thumb to some degree for decades.

I wonder which wars Finland fought with the Soviet Union in the 1940s

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    4 months ago

    The Finns joined Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 to reclaim their territory

    I guess the concentration camps they ran beyond the original border was just them getting carried away