Empty threats of a desperate nation knowing it is losing all allies and friends, or true threats of a government gone insane, bent on conquest and death?
Article is translated below, as it is originally in Swedish.
http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/put...je-varldskrig/
"When Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will arrive in Finland tomorrow it occurs during the barely concealed threat of what might happen if Finland would join NATO. The Russian minister visit was preceded by a broadside against Finland but also against Sweden for "fear of the Russians."
It's President Vladimir Putin's personal envoy Sergei Markov via Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet and Finnish Hufvudstadsbladet sketch a brutal prospect if neighbors would approach NATO more formally.
- Would you join in and start World War III? Anti-Semitism started the Second World War, Russo-phobia may start a third. Finland is one of the most Russo-phobic countries in Europe, after Sweden and the Baltic countries, says Markov to the two newspapers' reporter.
When asked to explain how the russophobia manifests itself, he refers to "this monstrous lying about Ukraine".
- The claim that Porosjenko elected through free and fair elections is like saying that Bashar Assad is democratically elected!
That statement is especially noteworthy because Putin, who met Porosjenko the past week, at least hinted that Russia accepted the election.
Markov warns of the consequences of epushing Russia into a corner.
- This behavior against Russians as if we are lesser beings has to end! Europe looks today on the Russians in the same way as previously looked at Jews. Your objective is to destroy Russia. But you will not succeed. Napoleon tried, Hitler tried, without success. You will destroy Europe instead, he says in the interview.
Lavrov's visit on Monday and Tuesday may be said to be well prepared because the weekend and early next week dominated by foreign policy seminars at Sauli Niinistö summerresidence Gullranda under the theme "The bear has awakened, but Finland then? '.
Lavrov is not invited to discussions on Gullranda but is expected to be briefed on them when he hits Niinistö on Tuesday."