Finnish President urged the West to reckon with Russia's interests
President of Finland Niinistö: the West should not provoke Russia when interacting interests. He stated this in an interview with The Financial Times, TASS reports. According to him, the most important thing when communicating with Moscow is not to provoke or ignore it. The President noted that the Russian leadership always remembers a warm attitude towards itself. So, he cited as an example the story of the mayor of the Finnish city of Turku Juhani Leppä. Niinistö said that in the 1990s, Lepla often contacted the head of Russia, Vladimir Putin, when he worked in the executive authorities of St. Petersburg. Since then, respectful relations have developed between the two politicians, which they still maintain, the Finnish president emphasized. In addition, he said that Finland, being a neighbor of Russia, is closely watching its activities in the military sphere. “There is an old proverb in Finland that a Cossack takes