Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova delivered a sharp response to historical references made by Finnish President Alexander Stubb during a statement about the Ukraine summit held in Washington on August 18.<\/p>\n
Zakharova quoted Stubb\u2019s remarks at the summit, stating, \u201cAt yesterday\u2019s meeting in Washington, Finnish President Stubb said, word for word: \u2018Finland has a long border with Russia and its own experiences with this country from the Second World War. We found a solution in 1944, and I am sure we can find one in 2025.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Did he comprehend the hell in his own words?<\/strong><\/p>\n Zakharova expressed her reaction to these statements with a question: \u201cThe big question is: Did Stubb truly comprehend the hellish implication of his own words?\u201d<\/p>\n Recalling historical events, Zakharova noted that Finland was in an armed conflict with the Soviet Union between 1939\u20131940 and 1941\u20131944.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a result of Finland\u2019s provocations, the Soviet-Finnish War began, and Helsinki lost. A brief pause followed, after which Finland openly sided with Hitler and declared war on the USSR three days after the Wehrmacht launched Operation Barbarossa,\u201d Zakharova said.<\/p>\n Zakharova cited the words of the Finnish politician of that era, V\u00e4in\u00f6 Voionmaa, who said, \u201cWe are an Axis power and have been mobilized for an offensive,\u201d to emphasize Finland\u2019s role as an ally of Hitler.<\/p>\n The Siege of Leningrad and war crimes<\/strong><\/p>\n Highlighting that Finland itself acknowledged committing real war crimes following its own war crimes trials in November 1945, Zakharova stated that the Finns provided the most critical support to the German Army Group North during the Siege of Leningrad.<\/p>\n Zakharova recalled that this situation constituted a genocide against the Soviet people.<\/p>\n She quoted the then-Finnish President Risto Ryti, who wrote to the German ambassador, \u201cLeningrad must be eliminated as a major city.\u201d Zakharova noted that at least 1,093,842 people died from starvation, cold, bombing, and artillery fire during the siege, with some estimates putting the number as high as 1.5 million.<\/p>\n Zakharova pointed out that in 2022, the St. Petersburg City Court recognized the actions of collaborators, including Finnish armed forces, as \u201cwar crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.\u201d She added, \u201cThis was the \u2018experience of interaction\u2019 that Helsinki invested in from 1941\u20131943. Is this what Stubb is talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n Zakharova also stated that in occupied Soviet Karelia, the Finns established more than 14 concentration camps for civilians. Of the 50,000 people who passed through these camps, approximately one-third were killed by starvation, cold, or unbearable conditions.<\/p>\n The solution in 1944 was the Moscow Armistice<\/strong><\/p>\n Acknowledging that Stubb was right on one point, Zakharova said, \u201cA solution to the Finnish problem was found in 1944. It was called the Moscow Armistice.\u201d<\/p>\n With this armistice, Helsinki abandoned Hitler and the Nazis, sided with the USSR, and the Lapland War began, Zakharova explained, continuing:<\/p>\n \u201cThe consensus among historians is that Finland had no other choice. The victorious Red Army was sweeping the Reich and its allies across the entire front. The cunning Finns decided to make a separate peace with the USSR to avoid being a completely defeated country at the end of the Second World War.\u201d<\/p>\n Zakharova concluded her remarks by stating:<\/p>\n \u201cSo, if Stubb intends to act as he did in 1944, he must turn his back on the Nazi allies he was with until recently and start fighting against the Kyiv regime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova delivered a sharp response to historical references made by Finnish President Alexander Stubb during a statement about the Ukraine summit held in Washington on August 18. Zakharova quoted Stubb\u2019s remarks at the summit, stating, \u201cAt yesterday\u2019s meeting in Washington, Finnish President Stubb said, word for word: \u2018Finland has a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2113,12321,2767,12318,12319,12322,12313,12320,12317,12323,12316,12314,1068,12315],"class_list":["post-11001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","tag-alexander-stubb","tag-lapland-war","tag-maria-zakharova","tag-moscow-armistice","tag-nazi-alliance","tag-operation-barbarossa","tag-russia-finland-relations","tag-russian-foreign-ministry","tag-siege-of-leningrad","tag-soviet-karelia","tag-soviet-finnish-war","tag-ukraine-summit","tag-war-crimes","tag-wwii-history"],"yoast_head":"\n