02-27-2003, 02:25 PM
Quote:I don't believe that our foreign policy was dictated in Moscow, but it was a very good idea to keep good relationships to them. Although it could be called forced friendship, it's good to be friends with your neighbor anyway, right? We had to be careful for not upsetting the Soviets.
Well, UKK had some dubious dealings with Kremlin. Remember "noottikriisi", probably the most public Soviet manipulation of Finn politics.