Posted on 03/30/2014 5:56:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest ex-advisers has claimed that the ex-KGB agent ultimately wants to reclaim Finland for Russia.
Andrej Illiaronov, Putin's economic adviser between 2000 and 2005 and now senior member of the Cato Institute think tank, said that "parts of Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States and Finland are states where Putin claims to have ownership."
"Putin's view is that he protects what belongs to him and his predecessors," he said.
When asked if Putin wishes to return to the Russia of the last tsar, Nicholas II, Illiaronov said: "Yes, if it becomes possible."
Illiaronov admits that Finland is not Putin's primary concern at present but, if not stopped in other areas of Eastern Europe, the issue will one day arise. Russian troops are currently massing on the eastern border of Ukraine, following Russia's recent annexation of Crimea.
"Putin said several times that the Bolsheviks and Communists made big mistakes. He could well say that the Bolsheviks in 1917 committed treason against Russian national interests by providing Finland's independence," Illiaronov told a Swedish news website....
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Not to mention making peace with Germany.
Putin wants a free NOKIA phone?
5.56mm
“Life is just a fantasy, can you live this fantasy life?”
Man, I haven’t heard that song in years.
Look up why “Molotov Cocktails” are called that...
This is a good thing because when Finland is part of Russia, then the Russian mail brides will include Finns...Oh yaya baby.
believe it or don’t but Russia’s primary container port is in Finland.
Ping.
I remember a summer camp in the 80s. I remember my friend hooking me up on a blind date with an exchange chick from Finland.
I remember her having more hair on her legs than I had....
As a proud American of Finnish descent, (notice I didn’t hyphenate myself like the libs love to?) I am aghast of this development! And still pissed at the Finns for siding with Nazi Germany during WWII :-(
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Pony trekking or camping,
Or just watching TV.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
It’s the country for me.
You’re so near to Russia,
So far from Japan,
Quite a long way from Cairo,
Lots of miles from Vietnam.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be,
Eating breakfast or dinner,
Or snack lunch in the hall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.
You’re so sadly neglected
And often ignored,
A poor second to Belgium,
When going abroad.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I quite want to be,
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall.
Finland, Finland, Finland.
Finland has it all.
Finland has it all.
Ok, I’m sorry, but this is just plain stupid.
There is already enough going on without people having to just make crap up.
It seems there are two types of Scandinavian women, the absolutely drop dead gorgeous ones and the Helga the horrible type.
He may want to remember Simo Häyhä.
If Obama weren't such a pussy, he would not have tried.
All this said, Putin would look soft if, given the weakness of Obama, he didn't at least try.
Putin would look impotent like Obama...and who could bear that. Not Putin...not me.
This is all Obama's fault.
His weakness dared Putin to kick sand in his face. Who can blame Putin for answering the call?
The Finns had every reason to side with the Germans. The Russians had just taken massive amounts of their land and killed 50,000 of their people. Nobody has ever knocked the Finns for fighting the Russians (on the side of the Germans) in WWII
mail brides? How much are they? :D
This one was both. Drop dead gorgeous and ‘fuzzy’.
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