Donetsk People's Republic Representative Center opened in Helsinki - Finland supports non-recognized states

Right after Finland celebrated her centenary on December 6th 2017, Donetsk People's Republic opened her official representative center in the Finnish capital on December 9th, 2017. The event was very widely reported in Donetsk, Russian and Ukrainian media. The DPR representative center has official status in Finland since autumn 2016, when it was registered by the Finnish Patent and Registrations administration. Before that, since Summer 2014, Finnish representative was based on power of attorney from Donetsk authorities. Finnish authorities have nothing against the DPR representative, since Finland has a good tradition in supporting representatives of non-recognized states. Earlier for example East Germany (GDR) and Palestine had functioning representatives in Helsinki despite non-recognition. Finland had good tradition in supporting especially non-regocnized GDR. Not surprisingly many of those Finns who once supported GDR, now support DPR. This in fact means majority of Finnish intellectuals, most of whom are at least positively interested. For Finnish authorities DPR representative is very comfortable for enstreghtening Finland's international position and supporting the Minsk peace process. Unfortunately, Finnish foreign ministry is temporary paralyzed, because after the split of the "True Finns" party, the new party of foreign minister Timo Soini ("The Blues") has only 1 % support, thus Finnish foreign ministry does not have real mandate to represent Finns' opinion. 

The DPR representative already has organised tourist trips for Finns to Donbass and will continue in 2018. Also, several books have been published in Finnish and seminars and conferences organised, also with Nordic experts. The main achievement of the center this far is the fact that most Finns know about Donetsk People's Republic and accept her existence. Also, journalists write more respectively. 

DPR representative opened in good atmosphere with Finns from various fields of life and profession and various ages. An address by DPR foreign minister Natalia Nikonorova was read to the audience at the opening. Nikonorova wrote, that "opening of the DPR representative center in Finland became and important step towards strenghtening information, cultural and economic ties between DPR and Your State." In answer, over 30 Finnish activists from various spheres undersigned a letter of gratitude for the DPR foreign minister Nikonorova and promised to develop Finnish-DPR relations in the fields of culture, education, information, trade, tourism and others. 

Employee of the DPR representative office and president of the Finland-Novorossia Friendship Society Ms Jaana-Marika Kurtti raised a toast for all friends of Russia, Novorossia and Donetsk People's Republic. 

The Finnish friends of Donbass were really happy to sing Russian songs together in both Finnish and Russian languages. 

During the opening, a video link with Donbass was established with the Finnish director of the information agency "DONi" Janus Putkonen.  

At the evening, free debate continued in good spirits.

Sweden is a NATO country without being in NATO

"Swedish-American military drill Aurora refers provocatively to the ship that started the Russian revolution in 1917. Sweden and Finland follow Pentagon directive to change their foreign policy in a way that suits NATO. Sweden is a NATO country without being in NATO. Sweden is the chosen country and a platform for war on Russia. Northern Sweden has become a training field to develop a common warplanning area against Russia. Sweden is spying Russia for Pentagon: Kiruna has the world's biggest downloading station for satellites photographing Russia, Lerkil near Gothenburg and Lovön near Stockholm download Russian cables. Everything is sent to Pentagon. Zbigniew Brzezinski's son Mark was ambassador to Sweden, the other son Ian ambassador to Ukraine, which transformed into a colony of the US. Sweden is the chosen country and a platform for war on Russia. Western public relations firms create fabricated stories to wage war. Swedish media is a war enabler. They do it through silence. Silence is a weapon. NATO host nation support means Swedish soldiers are trained to war against Russia. People cannot understand plans and secrecy to take over Sweden. Gotland is strategically important for launching war against Russia." 

-- Statements by Swedish Peace Council Chairwoman Agneta Norberg

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NATO got license to kill in Finland

The newly established "hybrid know-how center" in Finland, titled "European Center of Excellence for Counteracting Hybrid Threats" (hybridcoe.fi) has turned out to be a NATO espionage and military operations center, employees of which have immunity of prosecution in Finland and thus can commit any crimes without consequence.  The Finnish media has reported about the "hybrid know-how center" very vaguely. However, the Finnish law on this center, passed in July 2017 by Finnish parliament, gives very clear picture of the NATO espionage center. The law stipulates that the NATO espionage center can operate fully outside Finnish jurisdiction, employees have immunity of prosecution, they do not have to pay taxes, they can commit any crimes without consequence and Finnish authorities have no right of supervision of employees, premises, communications or "archives" of NATO espionage center. The center can collect any intelligence information for their "archives" and transfer that data to foreign countries. Recently, a NATO intelligence director and a U.S. general visited the NATO espionage center in Helsinki. In a country where 70-80 percent of the population does not support membership in NATO, solely the establishment of such a NATO espionage center is a provocation and a military threat. The "hybrid know-how center" can thus do anything, they have even license to kill, without any consequences. It is rather clear, that the most severe hybrid threat against Finland is the NATO espionage center itself. It is an aggressive NATO military intelligence center on Finnish soil and it threatens concretely security and rights of every Finn. The NATO intelligence center can be used, for example, to forger Finnish elections, to support a coup, or NATO occupation. All this can be read from the law about the center.

The political persecution against Finnish journalist Ilja Janitskin

We ask the international audiences to give attention to the political persecution of the Finnish journalist and political activist, journalist Ilja Janitskin, the editor-in-chief of the most popular independent Finnish news site "MV-lehti", who since 2014 has been the main target in the massive witch hunt by the Finnish establishment. We ask all good people in all countries to found FREE JOURNALIST ILJA JANITSKIN committees and deliver these messages in all media in all languages. 

Stages of the political persecution against journalist Ilja Janitskin: 

1) In August 2014, the Finnish-language "MV-lehti" is launched in Barcelona, Spain, by Ilja Janitskin, a Finnish citizen. Soon, "MV-lehti" becomes one of the most popular media in Finland. "MV-lehti" is against Finnish membership in the EU and NATO and critizises European migration policies.

2) Finnish mainstream media launches a witch hunt against all corporations advertising in "MV-lehti". Soon Janitskin loses all his income from advertising.

3) All Finnish main political parties announce through their youth organisations a demand to close down "MV-lehti" and send a common demand to the Finnish prosecutor general. "MV-lehti" had become a serious threat to the Finnish political system and pro-NATO mainstream media and politics.
 
4) Main Finnish media corporations, such as pro-NATO "Sanoma", file legal suits against Janitskin for alleged copyright violations, because "MV-lehti" sometimes quotes Finnish mainstream media.

5) The Finnish police asks citizens to make crime reports against "MV-lehti" for defamation etc. As a result, the police was able to launch about 50 (fifty) crime investigations against Janitskin. These include also gambling crimes, because casino gadgets are published on "MV-lehti". Janitskin is also a suspect of incitement of ethnic hatred, because of anonymous commentaries on the discussion forum of "MV-lehti". Any proposal to collect funds by Janitskin is qualified as illegal money gathering by the Finnish police.

6) Several individuals in connection with Janitskin are arrested, shortly jailed and/or interrogated by the Finnish police, if they are suspected of publishing any materials on MV-lehti.

7) Under huge pressure, the Helsinki court ordered an imprisonment of Janitskin on the basis of a request by the police. The case is declared secret. The purpose of the imprisonment is to interrogate him, while he still is not convicted nor prosecuted. The Finnish press continues to vilify him.

8) Finnish law enforcement prepared prison and mental treatment for Janitskin.

9) In October 2016, Janitskin was arrested in Barcelona and drugged on the instructions of the Finnish police and transferred to court in Madrid, which set him free after a short trial. The Finnish press and establishment were shocked of his release and extremely dissatisfied.

10) The Finnish police files a suit to the Helsinki court to close down "MV-lehti" domains. The file is dismissed due to freedom of speech. "MV-lehti" is regularly a target of cyber attacks and time to time closed, but continues to operate.

11) Janitskin is gathering money for his legal expenses, which is again qualified as illegal collection of funds by the Finnish police. The imprisonment is repeated at the Helsinki court on this basis and the case is handled in secrecy.

12) The Finnish chancellor of justice resigns and a new one is not nominated. The chancellor of justice supervises the lawfulness of the Finnish officials. While new chancellor is not nominated, nobody is able to investigate the lawfulness of actions against Janitskin.

13) Janitskin is diagnosed with malignant cancer and operated in Andorra several times. Human rights activists suspect that young and very healthy Janitskin might have been contaminated.

14) In July 2017, Janitskin is arrested in Andorra by Interpol on the request of Finnish authorities in order to extradite him to Finland. On the moment of the arrest, Janitskin is just recovering from a surgery and preparing for the next one. He is immediately jailed and isolated.

15) Janitskin's Finnish lawyer Heikki Lampela gives a statement that Janitskin's life is in danger and that there is no need to extradite him to Finland just for interrogation, but that he can be interrogated on local police station or via video link. Soon after his statement, the Finnish mainstream media announces that Mr. Lampela is about to be excluded from the Finnish Bar Association and the Finnish Supreme Court makes a swift decision in a crime case against Mr. Lampela.

16) In August 2017, Mr. Janitskin falls into coma in Andorra hospital.

"MV-lehti" is still open in the internet.

Finnish legal experts have said Finnish authorities in principle do not have jurisdiction on "MV-lehti", which was originally and always being published outside Finland in Spain. Experts also noticed that suspected crimes of Janitskin would result only in fines or a minor conditional verdict, so there would be now reason for such harsh measures against Janitskin.

Additional information from human rights activist Johan Bäckman, email johanbek@inbox.ru or cellphone +7966 016 58 32