Orpo: Russia is permanent threat to Finland, entire Europe

Orpo: Russia is permanent threat to Finland, entire Europe

Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland Petteri Orpo considers Russia a permanent threat to Finland and all of Europe.

According to veteran diplomat Jaakko Iloniemi, things have often happened in Russia that no one could have predicted. Relations between Finland and Russia should not return to the way they were, but they must be normalized at some point, long-time diplomat Jaakko Iloniemi tells Iltalehti. “Return is the wrong word, because it would mean going back to where we started,” he says.