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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by sph on Thursday May 12, 2022 @06:03AM (#31351622)
They're certainly not Russia-aligned. They've never liked each other, and Turkey has been crucial in strengthening Ukraine's defense with their Bayraktars.
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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by Hamuko on Thursday May 12, 2022 @06:36AM (#31351927)
AFAIK, one of the closest calls for an outright NATO-Russia war came when Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shoo...

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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by jansan on Thursday May 12, 2022 @07:36AM (#31352468)
They are not aligned, but they deal with the Ukraine conflict in a very pragmatic way. On the one side they are delivering drones to Ukraine, which have proven to be one of the more effective weapons agains the Russian army, on the other hand they will accept Russian tourists into the country this summer.

IMHO Erdogan still owes Putin a favor for being tipped off on the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.

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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by rvba on Thursday May 12, 2022 @08:13AM (#31352844)
Did the coup even exist? It looked like something faked/invented just to get rid of the opposition.
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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by agapon on Thursday May 12, 2022 @04:14PM (#31359637)
What's the Ukraine conflict?

Do you mean the war that Russia wages against Ukraine?

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