The complicated relationship between Russia and Finland is yet again in a state of decline. Finland formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the world's largest military alliance, on ...

Finland's membership in NATO would signal the end of over 70 years of Moscow's most enduring policy. This is a humiliation for Vladimir Putin, writes DW's Konstantin Eggert. I was a teenager when my ...

In early World War II, on Nov. 30, 1939, a Soviet-Russian army invaded Finland in a surprise massive attack. The Finns were eventually outnumbered nearly 3 to 1. The population of the Soviet Union in ...

To mark the season of goodwill before the advent of e-cards, Olympic organisers used to send Christmas cards by the thousand. Officials preparing for the 1940 Olympics in Helsinki were no exception, ...

I was a teenager when my godmother Olga first told me about the "Winter war" of 1939-1940 between the Soviet Union and Finland. She was a nurse in a Moscow hospital when Joseph Stalin launched his ill ...

Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine has been compared to Sept. 1, 1939, when Hitler had Germany invade Poland. There's no mention of Stalin having Soviet Russia on Nov. 30, 1939, when they, too, did ...

The Russian military's performance in Ukraine has raised doubts about its capabilities. The war has also drawn comparisons to the Winter War, when the Soviets attacked Finland in 1939. There's reason ...

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