Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (R) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin arrive at Forum Marinum harbour in Turku. Reuters
Vladimir Putin 'Wants to Regain Finland' Says Close Adviser -- IBTimes
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest ex-advisers has claimed that the ex-KGB agent ultimately wants to reclaim Finland for Russia.
Andrej Illiaronov, Putin's economic adviser between 2000 and 2005 and now senior member of the Cato Institute think tank, said that "parts of Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States and Finland are states where Putin claims to have ownership."
"Putin's view is that he protects what belongs to him and his predecessors," he said.
When asked if Putin wishes to return to the Russia of the last tsar, Nicholas II, Illiaronov said: "Yes, if it becomes possible."
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My Comment: It's not going to happen.
Boy has Putin got some of these pundits spooked.
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