Finnish officials have sounded the alarm about the “Russian threat,” with Moscow denying it has plans to attack Western countries
Finland on Saturday officially withdrew from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines amid tensions with Russia over the Ukraine conflict.
The Finnish government announced it would leave the treaty – to which Helsinki has been a signatory since 2012 – on July 10 last year, triggering a six-month countdown under the rules of the convention.
In June, Finnish President Alexander Stubb argued that the country faces “an aggressive, imperialist state” as a neighbor, while Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen said…
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