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Surprisingly the culprit was neither Estonian nor Finnish, but Italian tony-cheer frothingfash

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[–] super_mario_420@hexbear.net 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

yea

This is pretty much how any Finnish news article even mentioning Russia (whose president Putin (EVIL MADMAN) started an ILLEGAL INVASION (completely UNPROVOKED AGGRESSION) against Ukraine (who are seeking DEMOCRATICALLY to join the EU (who are against the Russian WAR OF BRUTAL AGGRESSION (ILLEGAL INVASION))) at all looks like. Even on yle.fi (official state media) right now, the link in the header to coverage on the war in Iran is labeled "Iranin sota" (War in Iran), and the one for Ukraine is labeled "Venäjän hyökkäys" (Russia's attack).

[–] Crucible@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I don't expect she's aware of it because she believes it but I wonder if Hilldawg hillary-contempt realizes that she unleashed an astonishing mindfuck on the entire western world by blaming Russia for her losing the easiest election in history. It really brought the fearmongering about Ruskies back up to a level not seen since the 80's

[–] Soot@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago

The common songbird is known for it's beautiful tweeting bloomer , it's seen around the world in the Americas, Europe, Russia.. Russia..

RRRRRUSSSIAAAA maddened

[–] umb_official@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 weeks ago

Least russophobic wiki editor

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

That’s a lot of unnecessary words blocking the way to the factual end of the sentence: “Estonia and Finland have almost fully closed,” (unilaterally), “their border crossings with Russia.” The lengthy paragraph is as many excuses. They won’t make clear that it’s not Russia deciding to make Helsinki–Tallinn travel difficult.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No one has used the long way around on land since like 20,000 BC.

"80 km by boat or 600 km on foot, hmm I think I will walk all the way around this gulf"

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

i-cant

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't think those were even the actual reasons the borders with Russia were closed, my impression was that it was a "Russians circumventing sanctions" thing by doing business in their countries.

Or maybe that was the start of restrictions and later they fully closed it for the reasons given, my mom went to Saint Petersburg via Finland one year into the war

[–] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Freight rail traffic between Russia and Finland is still going, but passenger traffic has been completely closed for a few years (with the closure recently renewed). It's doing an absolute number on border towns like Lappeenranta who are no longer getting income from tourism.

These days, the best ways to get to St. Petersburg from Helsinki is either:

Take the ferry to Tallinn, transfer to the bus station across town, take a bus to the Narva border town, get off the bus, go through the border control point by foot, get on a different bus on the other side in Ivangorod, continue to St. Petersburg. Similarly you can also go the longer way past Tartu and Pskov, I think there is a crossing point for cars.
Buy an expensive flight via Turkish Airlines, Helsinki-St.Petersburg with a layover in Istanbul.

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

They undid the edit lol

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Surprisingly the culprit was neither Estonian nor Finnish, but Italian

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