Much of Finland didn’t belong to Russia either back then. Time to give the pre-Russo/Finnish War territories back then, eh, Vlad?
And Seward took the Czar to the cleaners with the Alaska swindle.
~Much of Finland didn’t belong to Russia either back then. Time to give the pre-Russo/Finnish War territories back then, eh, Vlad?~
To make things straight all the Finland was part of Russia ‘back then’.
I believe it was never an independent nation prior to 1918. Just like Ukraine, Finland is a product of communist takeover of Russian Empire and quite an artifical nation.
On the other hand, Finns did a good job in establishing their identity as a nation since breakaway and noone in a sane mind would argue that their independence is well deserved.
BTW, Finnish policies towards Russia is a perfect example to follow for the rest of Russian breakaway territories.
It is a well-performing free first world country right on the Russian border and somehow Russians allows it to thrive.
Wonder why?