He insists, on a wholly fabricated basis, that Ukraine is indivisible from Russia itself and can only enjoy " true sovereignty " in partnership with Russia. (atlanticcouncil.org)
It is no accident that President Ninisto of non-aligned Finland recently felt obligated to warn Russia that NATO membership is a viable and legitimate Finnish option. (atlanticcouncil.org)
But why then does Secretary of State Antony Blinken continue to insist there is an "open door" for Ukraine to NATO membership - when that would require us to do what U.S. vital interests dictate we not do: fight a war with Russia for Ukraine? (gopusa.com)
With the exception of China, Finland and the Russian Far East, Russia now finds herself virtually encircled by NATO members or potential members. (forerunner.com)
After the fall of the Soviet Union (USSR), Russia lost access to the highly strategic Crimea region when Ukraine declared its independence. (theecoexperts.co.uk)
Now, Russia appears poised to invade Ukraine, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin insisting otherwise. (theecoexperts.co.uk)
Throughout the 20th century the USSR and post-Soviet Russia used "fair", "country-wide" policies to intentionally reduce titular nationalities' autonomy and the visibility of their languages in public, so it is only reasonable to assume the same is being done in this case, as part of killing several birds with one stone. (languagehat.com)
These are the indigenous people of Crimea, who were deported by Stalin in 1944 (and were able to come back home only after the USSR fell apart), and were forced to flee again in 2014 when Russia occupied Crimea. (berkeley.edu)
The victorious French and British insisted that Russia, which controlled Åland at the time, keep it free of fortifications. (monocle.com)
Russia and Ukraine served as the two founding members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). (thebaron.ca)
Russia insisted that the troops posed no threats. (thebaron.ca)
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Besides Ukraine, two nations have been considering membership in NATO: Finland and Georgia. (gopusa.com)
Moreover, current requests by Finland and Sweden to join NATO came in direct response to Russias invasion of Ukraine, consistent with NATO expansion being a consequence of Russian imperialism, and not vice versa. (berkeley.edu)
Following the dissolution of the USSR, Ukraine gained independence and became the third-largest holder of the atomic arsenal in the world in 1991. (thebaron.ca)
Coffins in a mass grave in Zhovka, Ukraine commemorating the 10 million people who died at the hands of the USSR government in the 1932-1933 famine. (thebaron.ca)
Following the collapse of the USSR, the Ukrainian state, Crimea, was declared an autonomous state as a part of Ukraine. (thebaron.ca)
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But, with the end of the Cold War, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the overthrow of Soviet Communism, and the breakup of the USSR into 15 nations by 1991, NATO, its goal - the defense of Central and Western Europe - achieved, its job done, did not go out of business. (gopusa.com)
This eventually led to the failure of the communist system and the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. (russianrulershistory.com)
Collapse1
The situation changed after the cold war, the collapse of the USSR and the elimination of the socialist camp. (karabakh.org)
Aggression1
During the German aggression against the USSR through the territory of Sweden, by rail to Finland, military transportations were carried out. (topwar.ru)
NATO1
Norway was the lone original NATO nation that shared a border with the USSR itself. (gopusa.com)
Helsinki3
Heikki Larmola (Helsinki, Finland): The Czechoslovak Crisis of 1968 and the Soviet Laboratory of Finland: The Beginning Decline of the Communist Movement. (kommunismusgeschichte.de)
That left my middle brother and I as the ones to pack bags and trundle onto the 747 bound for Helsinki, Finland. (notzen.net)
It was under Russian hegemony that the City of Helsinki, then called Helsingfors, became the capital of Finland, replacing Turku, located on the west coast of the Grand Duchy, which was considered too close to Sweden both geographically and culturally. (lafabriquedelacite.com)
Swedish1
At the same time, Swedish diplomats insisted that their country was not a party to the conflict and continued to maintain neutrality. (topwar.ru)
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So, during the Winter War 1939-1940, Sweden provided direct military assistance to Finland. (topwar.ru)
Sweden also provided significant cash loans to Finland, sent weapon , organized a fundraiser and warm clothes. (topwar.ru)
Until 1944, the main potential adversary of Sweden was Germany, and later the USSR. (topwar.ru)
During the Russian period, Finland experienced a period of prosperity punctuated by conflicts with Sweden. (lafabriquedelacite.com)
Overthrow1
Biding his time, Lenin returned from self-imposed exile in Finland to lead the Bolshevik's to overthrow the government in November. (russianrulershistory.com)
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On May 28, 1987, a 19-year-old German pilot named Mathias Rust flew a single engine Cessna airplane 500 miles (805 kilometers) from Finland, illegally crossing the Soviet border and landing mid-day in Red Square. (livescience.com)
Russian emigres flocked to Finland to fight on the Finnish side, despite the obstacles they faced, the most important being that Finns had great difficult in distinguishing "Russian" from "Soviet. (blogspot.com)
That idea was of a Russian national army that could treat the Soviet government as an occupation regime, an idea that took further shape among Russian POWs in the subsequent war between Germany and the USSR, Levitov argues. (blogspot.com)
His intention was not to flee to the West, but to provoke a political revolution in the USSR with the aim of overthrowing the rule of the privileged Stalinist bureaucracy and restoring a genuine regime of Leninist soviet democracy. (marxist.com)
Later, guided by mercantile interests, on July 23, 1923, Germany, Poland and Finland recognized the Soviet Union as a state, establishing diplomatic relations with it, after that Soviet Union was recognized by other countries of the civilized world. (komitetns.org)
Obstacles1
However, the industry still faces many obstacles, despite Finland having created global giants in the sector. (lafabriquedelacite.com)
Government2
Anyone paying attention to Russian diplomacy over the past three decades would recognize that the Russian government does not accept as settled points of international law the territorial integrity and sovereignty of any of the states which gained their freedom after 1989, whether they were members of the Warsaw Pact or the USSR. (atlanticcouncil.org)
Åland is the subject of no fewer than four international treaties, which give it significant government autonomy from Finland and a demilitarised status. (monocle.com)
Time2
The world at that time was divided into two opposing hostile military-political blocks headed by the USA and the USSR respectively. (karabakh.org)
This international legitimization of the USSR was done in the same period of time when anti-Bolshevik's rebels took place in USSR, when the first wave of the Red Communist Terror was took place in the country. (komitetns.org)
Rule1
Under the IRC's pressure, UMI reassigned the 1920 congress from Stockholm to Strasbourg and insisted on the rule which excluded from the congress mathematicians representing the former Central Powers. (wikipedia.org)
China1
Of the UN, historian Jonathan Fenby wrote, "Churchill reassured Stalin that, while the behaviour of the great powers could be criticised verbally, the veto system would make it virtually powerless for the organisation to act against the US, the USSR, Britain, or China. (ukrainianweek.com)
Half1
After crossing the Gulf of Finland the ground becomes again obscured by clouds and half an hour later the airplane enters those clouds as it begins to descend towards Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow. (phy6.org)
Russia's1
However, A. Moshes insists that the scale was tipped in favor of joining NATO not by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but by Moscow's ultimatum that NATO must not expand Eastward, close to Russian borders. (veridica.ro)
Accession4
Curiously, this complex inter-locking in some ways bears an uncanny resemblance to the current accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO. (indianpunchline.com)
There is nothing that could inspire our concern regarding Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO. (indianpunchline.com)
Indeed, both Sweden and Finland have bent over backward to give Turkey extensive anti-terrorism assurances that require changes in domestic legislation in return for Ankara withdrawing veto against accession talks. (indianpunchline.com)
It also alludes to the proposed accession of hitherto ostensibly neutral Finland and Sweden to NATO. (socialistchina.org)
Catastrophe1
But the USSR was far from alone from being wracked by catastrophe during the 20th century - in fact, quite a few of them were self-inflicted, like the Stalinist famines - and (to its credit), it remained stable and recovered quickly from shocks, unlike many developing capitalist countries. (akarlin.com)
Yugoslavia1
He broke with the Soviet Union in 1948 and enjoyed good relations with the Western powers, who sold him arms to defend Yugoslavia from possible attack from the USSR. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Invasion1
Hitler" was the slogan and the left insisted we forget about the Molotov-Von Ribbentrop Pact, the invasion of Finland, the Nazi-Soviet partition of Poland, etc. (blogspot.com)
Sweden and Finland2
It is a tough sell domestically for both Sweden and Finland, since one of the pledges is the extradition of 76 Kurds, deemed as terrorists by Turkey. (indianpunchline.com)
There is some speculation that the US President Joe Biden incentivised Erdogan to compromise, but, make no mistake, the latter's warning about compliance by Sweden and Finland - as also the audible rumblings already on the left in Sweden - are reminders that the issue is still wide open. (indianpunchline.com)
Baltic1
I'm certainly not proud of it, but at the very least countries such as Norway, Finland and the Baltic nations have had little historical exposure to Muslims. (blogspot.com)
Equally1
Fortunately, the previous King and Queen were consistent and successful in insisting that every Thai citizen is equally and authentically Thai, no matter their ethnicity or religion. (kendobson.asia)
Allied nations1
Until now this principle has not been accepted in any sense or degree by the USSR and allied nations, and has been vigorously apposed in the past by spokesmen from these countries both in the CCD and, to a lesser extent, in previous Pugwash meetings on the subject. (nih.gov)
Alliance1
All that changed in an instant when the Nazi alliance invaded the USSR. (blogspot.com)
Fall1
Both Nordic countries stayed neutral throughout the Cold War, and they continued that foreign policy line after the fall of the USSR. (veridica.ro)
People1
This would work if the people of the USSR actually believe in the gold bonds. (polyconomics.com)
Remain2
Although there are mounting pressures for the formation of a new govern- ment at an early date, the present Masjumi prime minister insists that his cabinet will remain in office 'until the new parliament is seated in three or more months from now. (cia.gov)
These activists insist on the need not to remain blind to the Ukrainian resistance, by focusing only on the Azov battalion. (ukraine-solidarity.eu)
Foreign1
At that very moment, Finland realized that this could violate the country's sovereignty in foreign policy. (veridica.ro)
Leaders1
I also consider Andropov to have been the best of the Soviet leaders, and am of the opinion that on balance it would have been better had the USSR not collapsed and instead reformed itself while maintaining political unity (though in practice , again contrary to pro-Soviet propaganda, this was a very hard if not impossible task in the conditions that had developed by the late 1980's). (akarlin.com)
Troops1
It involved some 4.5 million Axis troops, over three million of them German, and within six months had placed the Nazis on the outskirts of Moscow, and, it seemed, on the verge of a total victory over Stalin's USSR. (blogspot.com)
Security1
Bernie Sanders, who honeymooned in the USSR, and his band of followers, who have never had a kind word to say about American national security, are up-in-arms about Russian "interference" in our elections. (blogspot.com)
Completely1
In fact, serious concern has 'been expressed in the UN Conference of the Committee on Disarmament (CCD) that progress has been completely stopped because the USA-USSR joint initiative promised in 1974 never appeared. (nih.gov)
Ensure1
The main difficulty has been the question of on-site verification, insisted upon mainly by the USA, to ensure that the terms of any treaty banning the development, production and stockpiling of such weapons are adhered to. (nih.gov)
Police1
He fled to Finland to avoid the police, but was arrested and locked up in the Petropavlovsk fortress for three weeks. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Russian1
By the spring of 1918, with Russian soldiers returning home en masse and the Bolsheviks nominally holding power, civil war was breaking out across the country. (washington.edu)