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ationalist AND expansionist?? Hmmm As opposed to Finns, who are just nationalist or ??
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Well Finnish nationalism in 19th century was created by the russification attemps and led to independence.

There arent strong nationalistic political partys/movements in Finland today.
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Russia actually doesn't need Europe - it's big and self sufficient country, as opposed to so many nations that make up Europe.
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Actually Russia is pretty vulnerable to world market prices, 80% of its exports are natural riches. And it has to import a lot of products.
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Regarding democracy bit, again, democracy means different things to different people.
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What do you meen? The basic principles are pretty clear.
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I can smell that behind your poll (and judging by your comments in the past) is just one thing: you hope Russia breaks up and Korelia becomes part of Finland. And the hell with the rest of the country, and its people.
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More like hell whit its leaders and wake up and smell the coffee to the people.