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Finland's Spy Service Warns of Russian Interference, Attacks

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

upstart writes:

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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 01 2022, @04:18AM (9 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 01 2022, @04:18AM (#1233945) Journal

    You're probably correct. The world can't afford us.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 01 2022, @12:52PM (8 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 01 2022, @12:52PM (#1234003) Journal
    There's that whataboutism again. But since it's fine for Russia to invade its neighbor for all those weak reasons you listed in past few weeks, then I'm just not feeling your complaint about "us".

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 01 2022, @01:49PM (7 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 01 2022, @01:49PM (#1234018) Journal

      If you were a Columbian, you might understand my point.

      • (Score: 2, Touché) by khallow on Friday April 01 2022, @02:00PM (6 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 01 2022, @02:00PM (#1234020) Journal
        And if you were a Ukrainian, you might understand my point, right?

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 01 2022, @02:32PM (5 children)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 01 2022, @02:32PM (#1234038) Journal

          Ahhh, but - I do understand Ukraine's point of view. It would do nobody any good for me to argue Ukraine's point of view here, would it? The membership is almost unanimous in understanding and arguing for Ukraine's point of view. I would rather spend my time trying to make some of you understand that the popular point of view is not the only one.

          So, Russia is an Indian-giver. Hmmmm - I'm thinking here. Where did that term come from? Probably has nothing to do with the fact that the US gave to the Indians again and again, and always took back everything they gave. It's almost like Russia and the US are kindred spirits, huh?

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 01 2022, @03:34PM (4 children)

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 01 2022, @03:34PM (#1234056) Journal
            And so do I understand your point of view as well as the rest. The problem is that many of those viewpoints are toxic and very divergent from reality. Presently, Russia is burning through its active troops at such a rate, that it'll run out of army somewhere around five years. Reality will break that viewpoint.

            So I don't respect the Putin viewpoint or expect it to stick around for long.

            And let's face it. This isn't about viewpoints, it's about making excuses long enough for Russia to get what it wants. This has been the playbook for Russia/USSR since the end of the Second World War.

            • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 01 2022, @06:06PM (3 children)

              by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 01 2022, @06:06PM (#1234095) Journal

              So I don't respect the Putin viewpoint or expect it to stick around for long.

              And, that's the reason for the invasion. No one respects Russia.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 01 2022, @07:16PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 01 2022, @07:16PM (#1234125)

                Why does no one respect Russia?

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 01 2022, @08:34PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 01 2022, @08:34PM (#1234141)

                Russia, we respect. Putin - not so much.

              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 01 2022, @11:12PM

                by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 01 2022, @11:12PM (#1234228) Journal
                Maybe this reality impact will alter that viewpoint enough that they'll figure some other way to deal with lack of respect.