@Karkimies@AWispOfVapor@rinalu_ The Winter war you mentioned happened in 1939. Remembering The Kinship wars with Finland from 1917-1922 The Soviets wanted to secure Saint Petersburg. I’m not a historical judge, but likely mutual untrust at this period led to Finland and Nazi Germany cooperation later in 1941
@Karkimies@AWispOfVapor@rinalu_ When Finland got its independence Finnish volunteers and armed groups in 1922 launched private military expeditions across the border into Soviet-controlled Karelia. The intent was to support local Finno-Ugric populations rebelling against Bolshevik rule and create Great Finland
@Karkimies@AWispOfVapor@rinalu_ And Finland never really were a foe to Russia. Only when it participated in foreign states politics against Russia. Finland were the happiest nation worldwide and Russia were part of its safety and prosperity. Well, that’s my humble opinion. You might have different opinion
@AWispOfVapor@rinalu_ Ermmm weren’t Finland part of Russian empire from 1809 when Russia got land from defeated Sweden. The land later got status The great duchy of Finland. When empire collapsed Russia was the first to recognize the foreign state as modern Finland
@Gymnastics_Now Countries who can’t provide equal conditions for athletes regardless of politics should be denied the opportunity to host major sporting events on their territory
@TKouilou Starlink is operating in Ukraine. What he asks to enable it without permission over Russia. Elon isn’t stupid, he knows the price of doing so
@tvrain Да наши едут в основном в Испанию, Грецию, и Италию. Про запреты больше всех говорят страны, куда и в лучшие дни никто особо не ехал. Но я слышал, что ��даньск очень красив в сентябре 😁
@KayaSerhan_ Still weird. Only one country who can build such machines - Netherlands (not a tech giant). At the same time most chips designed in the US and all the production is in Asia, mostly Taiwan… It looks like someone deliberately designed the production chains this way
@FT She is a top EU diplomat which means she has to know how to manage different agenda with US, China, Russia and others. In her case she would better fit with NATO or EU military forces
What’s the point of blocking free @Strava services for Russian users? To punish regular runners? And why don’t the same restrictions apply to other countries with conflicts? Just curious…