Putin Intimidation Tactics Kill Entente Hope for Finnish PM
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Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said President Vladimir Putin’s policy of intimidation shows any goal of forging more harmonious ties between Europe and Russia must now be shelved.
Stubb, who already in 2008 said a five-day war with Georgia betrayed the Kremlin’s preference for military aggression in its foreign policy, says the Russian government has unsettled its former Cold War foes with its erratic behavior.