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Date | 31.03.2023 |
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Finland and NATO
In today’s #vatniksoup I’ll introduce hand-picked anti-NATO commentary by various Finnish, pro-Kremlin voices. As of today, all 30 NATO countries have ratified Finland’s application to NATO, which resulted in many unhappy Finnish Putin fans.
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One of the biggest anti-NATO figures in Finland has been Panu Huuhtanen (@HuuhtanenPanu). Panu has a long history of organizing demonstrations, and lately he’s been active in protesting against Finland’s NATO membership. He’s also a HUGE fan of Vladimir Putin.
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Kremlin-paid “independent journalist”, “Finnish patriot” and editor-in-Chief of fake news blog MV-Lehti, Janus Putkonen (@janus_putkonen) has been trying to stop Finland’s NATO process since it begun.
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Johan Bäckman (@johanbek) is Finland’s oldest and biggest (literally and figuratively) Russian troll. He’s been involved in spreading and promoting pro-Kremlin narratives for good 20 years, and he’s not showing any signs of slowing down. He’s the gentleman with the Z symbol.
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Ano Turtiainen (@TurtiainenAno) is the chairperson of the political party VKK ("Power to the People"). Their pro-Russian stance has been evident for a long time, and after February 2022, Ano has spread pro-Russian narratives on social media on almost daily basis.
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Ossi Tiihonen (@OssiTiihonen) is the chairperson of the political party Vapauden Liitto ("Alliance for Freedom"). He became prominent with his COVID-19 antivaxx and climate change critical theories, and after Russia started their full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he ...
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Then there’s also Juha Korhonen (@Juha_Korh2), a candidate for Vapauden Liitto, but not even the people in his political sphere care what he says.
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