The decision reflects both the Finnish ruling elite’s determination with US/NATO backing to ratchet up tensions with Russia and to clamp down on immigrants and refugees.
Two days after the victory of the conservative National Coalition Party in Sunday’s election set the stage for a sharp shift to the right in domestic politics, Finland formally joined NATO Tuesday in a vast escalation of the US-NATO war on Russia.
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The most significant political role in turning Finland and Sweden into frontline garrison states in NATO’s war with Russia has been played by parties that previously won substantial support due to their professed opposition to militarism and war.