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posted by janrinok on Thursday March 31 2022, @12:32PM   Printer-friendly

Finland's Spy Service Warns of Russian Interference, Attacks:

Finland must brace for Russian interference and hybrid attacks as it weighs whether to join the NATO military alliance, the security services warned on Tuesday.

The Nordic nation shares a 1,340-kilometre (830-mile) border with Russia and has remained militarily non-aligned since the end of World War II to avoid provoking its eastern neighbour.

[...] "The whole of Finnish society must be vigilant towards Russian attempts to influence Finnish decision-making regarding the NATO question," Antti Pelttari, head of the Finnish security services Supo, said.

Releasing its updated terrorism threat report, Supo on Tuesday highlighted the danger of "widespread Russian interference and illegal surveillance," but kept the national terror threat at level two, or "elevated", on a scale of four.

[...] Finland has previously been subject to so-called hybrid tactics from Moscow, such as repeated airspace incursions, or the release in 2016 of 1,700 migrants across the Finnish border.

Earlier this month the transport authority Traficom said it had received "numerous" reports from aircraft of GPS interference in eastern Finland, but was unable to identify the source of the interference.


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @03:18PM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @03:18PM (#1233733)

    If I was Chris Rock Finland, I'd be worried about getting bitch-slapped by Will Smith Russia too.

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    Use your words, people.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @03:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @03:49PM (#1233742)

    Yep! I was pretty sure the Russian shills would down-mod parent post pretty quick. They do not disappoint. Use your words, people.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @03:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @03:50PM (#1233743)

    You would be, cause you still would be just a pussy Russian troll inside.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @03:54PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @03:54PM (#1233747)

    Is Russia a cuckold trapped in a failed marriage, geopolitically speaking?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @04:09PM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @04:09PM (#1233751)

      Russian leadership is married to the notion that NATO is an existential threat. Any neighbor who disrespects that idea might deserve a bitch-slap.

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      Or maybe bears simply hate cages.

      • (Score: 1, Redundant) by Runaway1956 on Thursday March 31 2022, @04:38PM (5 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 31 2022, @04:38PM (#1233760) Journal

        That is correct. And, Russia has reason to fear NATO.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @05:17PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @05:17PM (#1233770)

          NATO is no threat to the land and people who comprise Russia. It is only the political incumbency and kleptocracy which is threatened. The leaders of these will spare no butchery to preserve their ascendancy.

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @05:27PM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @05:27PM (#1233774)

          Only if Russia attacks a NATO nation or use nukes or chemical weapons. Don't spread FUD about Russia having any other reason to fear NATO, don't be that ignorant fool guy.

          • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @05:33PM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @05:33PM (#1233778)

            Runaway
            Is
            A
            Russian
            Troll

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @10:37PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 31 2022, @10:37PM (#1233854)

              No, it's not a troll, it's a limited special case of retardation.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 01 2022, @05:08PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 01 2022, @05:08PM (#1234071)

              RIART?