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Finnish president: Joining Nato would harm Russia relations
By EUobserver
"If Finland joins Nato, that would undoubtedly harm our relations [with Russia]", Finland's president Sauli Niinistoe said in a Washington Post interview. “You have to keep in mind that 1,300 kilometres is a long, long border, and you just don’t keep it closed. On the contrary, it’s a living border".