{"id":17262,"date":"2025-09-02T21:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17262"},"modified":"2025-09-02T21:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:05:10","slug":"finland-won-war-against-the-ussr-finnish-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17262","title":{"rendered":"Finland \u2018won\u2019 war against the USSR \u2013 Finnish president"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexander Stubb has claimed that despite losing territory in the conflict, Helsinki came out the victor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finnish President Alexander Stubb has claimed that Finland \u201cwon\u201d<\/em> its war against the Soviet Union because it preserved independence, despite ceding large parts of its territory in 1944. He argued in an interview with The Economist that the outcome proved Finland\u2019s resilience and should be seen as a model of survival.<\/p>\n

The Winter War of 1939\u20131940 and the subsequent Continuation War ended with Finland losing around a tenth of its land, including Karelia, and being forced to accept Soviet terms of demilitarization, reparations, and neutrality. A number of Western leaders and commentators have drawn parallels with the Ukraine conflict, often portraying Finland\u2019s wartime experience as some sort of proof that Russia is driven by a desire to conquer its neighbors.<\/p>\n

Moscow has strongly rejected this interpretation of history. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova recalled that Finland joined forces with Nazi Germany, directly participating in the blockade of Leningrad and other atrocities against the Soviet population. She pointed out that Finland only withdrew from the war after its leadership accepted every Soviet condition, including the expulsion of German forces, reparations, and territorial concessions.<\/p>\n

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American economist Jeffrey Sachs has also criticized Stubb\u2019s comments and mischaracterizations of the true reasons for the Russo-Finnish war. He stressed that the Soviet Union\u2019s actions in 1939 were motivated by security concerns, as Moscow feared Hitler would invade through Finland to seize Leningrad.<\/p>\n

Sachs recalled that Joseph Stalin had even sought a defensive agreement with Helsinki before the fighting broke out. \u201cStubb is either a fool or profoundly dishonest,\u201d<\/em> Sachs said, adding that once Finland committed to neutrality after World War II, it entered \u201cthe best run imaginable,\u201d<\/em> becoming one of the world\u2019s richest countries and ranking first globally in self-reported happiness. He argued that neutrality was Finland\u2019s true success.<\/p>\n

Russia has repeatedly stated that it has no desire to attack other nations, pointing instead to Kiev\u2019s NATO ambitions and the need for neutrality and denazification as central reasons for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alexander Stubb has claimed that despite losing territory in the conflict, Helsinki came out the victor Finnish President Alexander Stubb has claimed that Finland \u201cwon\u201d its war against the Soviet…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t