Stubb Elected President in NATO Finland, Vows ‘No Relations’ With Russia Until the End of the War
"While Stubb is in favour of allowing nuclear weapons to be transported through the country, Haavisto, who previously worked as a UN peace negotiator, wants to maintain Finland’s nuclear weapons ban”
Centre-right National Coalition Party leader Alexander Stubb has been elected the new President of Finland in a vote that marks a new era in the Nordic country, no longer neutral – now a NATO member with a fiercely anti-Russian political class.
Stubb narrowly won the election today (11), defeating liberal Green Party member Pekka Haavisto, who has conceded defeat. ---More...
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