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Re:Sweden starts largest military exercise in over 25 years by pphysch on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @02:10PM (#35617619)
Finland joined the EU almost 3 decades ago, despite Helsinki being only 300km from St Petersburg.

The standard for Russian satellite state is Belarus, not Finland.

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Re:Sweden starts largest military exercise in over 25 years by actionfromafar on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @04:00AM (#35625583)
Nobody implied Finland is or was a satellite state. In fact, it's balancing act was so striking, it got its own name: Finlandisation. I'm sorry, I just lost faith in your honesty.
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