Finland feeling vulnerable amid Russian provocations

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave after a news conference at the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Aug. 15, 2014. (IVAN SEKRETAREV/AFP/Getty Images)

By Griff Witte November 23 at 8:02 PM

HELSINKI — Wedged hard against Russia’s northwestern border, peaceable Finland has long gone out of its way to avoid prodding the nuclear-armed bear next door.
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