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Finnish PM Warns Russian Win Would Empower Aggressors


Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (second right) met with other EU leaders in Prague on October 27.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (second right) met with other EU leaders in Prague on October 27.

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin warned an Australian audience on December 2 that a Russian victory over Ukraine would empower other aggressors and urged democracies against forming “critical dependencies” on authoritarian states such as China. Marin was speaking in Sydney at the end of the first-ever visit by a Finnish prime minister to Australia and New Zealand. She used a speech to urge democracies to ramp up sanctions against Russia. To read the original AP story, click here.

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