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Finnish PM Sanna Marin said on Tuesday that Finland should have listened more to the Baltics when it came to Russia, adding that Finland's NATO accession is bound to lead to closer relations. (news.err.ee)

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[–] Ninmi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not just the whataboutism. It's the deliberate mischaracterization of Finnish involvement in WW2. But the fact that Finland did fight alongside Nazi Germany against the USSR, even if for very different objectives, is enough to form an effective propaganda bludgeon.