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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Finland feels vulnerable amid Russian provocations

Il-20 CootWedged hard against Russia’s northwestern border, peaceable Finland has long gone out of its way to avoid prodding the nuclear-armed bear next door.

But now, the bear is provoking Finland, repeatedly guiding military planes into Finnish airspace and deploying submarines and helicopters to chase after Finnish research vessels in international waters.

The incidents are part of a pattern of aggressive Russian behavior that has radiated across Europe, but that has been especially unnerving for countries such as Finland that live outside the protective bubble of NATO.

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