US EditionFinnish President: If 612-march includes racist, extremist elements, 'I condemn them'
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During his visit to Central Finland, the President of the Republic, Alexander Stubb, also commented on cable breakers. Stubb reminded that almost everything is not sabotage.
The 612 event and its torchlight procession have gathered nationalist and far-right groups to march in previous days of independence.
Tommi Kotonen and Oula Silvennoinen consider the 612 procession to be far-right in its goals. Markku Jokisipilä is more careful with his words.
The relationship between openly neo-Nazi groups and the 612 march is still close, even if they try to give the appearance of otherwise, says historian Oula Silvennoinen.
University of Helsinki researcher Niko Pyrhönen believes that not all participants in the 612 torch march even know what kind of event it is. The nationalistic 612 torch procession is unequivocally a far-right event, says researcher Niko Pyrhönen from the University of Helsinki who has studied alternative belief systems. The event organized on Independence Day in Helsinki has tried to dispel claims about the far-right nature of the event by sayi…
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