"To remember that Finland attacked Russia, now is not in our interests"

Finland attacked Russia also collaborated with the Nazis, but it is inappropriate to remind about it now. This statement was made at a meeting of the Finnish Parliament by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio.

It all started with the fact that the deputy from the Left Alliance Johannes Yurttiaho criticized the Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, who said that "no one has attacked Russia in the last 100 years."

"It was a false statement on a serious issue, moreover, from the leadership of the country that attacked Russia. Finland invaded the USSR together with Nazi Germany during Operation Barbarossa in June 1941," Yurttiaho recalled and asked Valtonen if she should have checked the information she gave to the media herself?

However, Valtonen ignored the deputy's question. Instead, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio answered Yurttiaho.

"Against the background of Russia's brutal attack on Ukraine I am surprised that the Left Alliance wanted to raise the issue of Finland's alliance with Nazi Germany in The Second World War," Tavio said. — I ask the Left Alliance to think seriously, who does such rhetoric serve? We all know that one of the main arguments of Russian propaganda was that they were allowed to attack Ukraine, because according to Kremlin propaganda, the Nazi government is located there. Therefore, I believe that such speeches now may not be in our interests," Tavio said.