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By Rhod Mackenzie
In Helsinki, amidst all economic challenges,they have been holding discussions about opening the border with Russia. The major question now is it too little too late and will business and tourism will be able to recover, or has all the trust and good will from the Russian side b...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In Finland the Government budget deficit continues to grow and public debt has reached almost 90 percent of GDP, this indicates a serious economic downturn has taken already place. The Govt must seriously address these issues . However, the Finnish government insead are looking...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Despite the continued presence of significant Russophobic rhetoric, Poland has decided to expand border cooperation with Belarus, while Finland is hinting at the imminent opening of its border with Russia. So why is Lithuania is calling this a claiming "low punch from the devio...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Baltic authorities have successfully persuaded their citizens of an imminent "Russian attack." However, the result has not been a mobilisation of society against the "Russian threat". Instead, the result has been the destruction of their own economies and a mass exodus of bot...
By Rhod Mackenzie
For many years Finland and the Soviet Union cooperated in a number of ways during the Cold War and this continued when it collapsed,then Russia took over the agreement which benefited both parties. Then of course Finland decided to reject its 80 years of neutrality and join NAT...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Poland, Romania and Finland are experiencing the fastest rate of debt accumulation of countries in the European Union. Rhod Mackenzie looks at are the reasons behind this Russophobia and is this the price they have to pay for their stance as their economies and industry collapse...
