A difficult neighborhood with Russia | Arto Räty

[@Jan-i-tor]

Im so proud of my Finnish brothers in the North! We stand with you, greetings from Germany o7

[@ziko-Official]

Thanks, God Bless 🙏

[@syrjanen3397]

💪💪💪

[@briancase6180]

Thanks for bringing this interview to the English speaking world. ✅ Go Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@jeriksson7686]

Cutting cables is an act of war. No matter how its done. Dragging an anchor may look less agressive but the effect and results are the same as an explosion.

[@herptek]

That may be why they are doing it that way, different than Nordstream.

[@Raccoon_A]

sabotage is sabotage

[@herptek]

@@Raccoon_A Especially when it is done against us.

[@Bakes-z4c]

It’s amazing how switched on the Finns are. I guess living next door to Russia has taught them wariness

[@mantelikukkapenkki2368]

We have almost a thousand years of experience with the Russian way of doing things...

[@samsungtap4183]

They wouldn't exist except for Russia who gave them their country back after the unbelievable crimes of WW2...like the 900 day siege of St Petersburg where over 1 million starved to death including Putins elder brother...?

[@petrihaikio7002]

Finland has a total war concept, it means that in a war the whole society will take part in various ways. and this means everyone always must be prepared, once a year Finland has a "suprise catastrophic event" and it can be a "gas leak in a shopping centre" just as it can be a "volcanic eruption in a nearby island" and every single affected city or region will be reviewed after how they responded. when a real event happened and cables were cut by a ship dragging its anchor, it took mere six hours for Finland to assess damage, estimate cause, figure out which ship it may have been, prepare marines and board the ship..six hours. just shy of a normal working day, and that ship was seized after that incident. and this is fast, and this is also how the finnish society will be in a war, someone is at the front, another one secures the cats and dogs at home, a third one catches a spy, a fourth one organizes heating for the powerless..

[@InternetGentleman-x1p]

Unlike literally every other nation en Europe the Finns never disarmed

[@alexsilent5603]

Finns are good people, but their government is insane. We don't know what to expect from it in Russia.

[@jylpah]

For Russia every neighbor is “difficult” unless they can be conquered…

[@tuomohynninen]

Total awareness... getting empowered... still many steps to be taken in all western countries to effectively tackle down hybrid warfare!

[@ros8737]

Looks like Sweden has some underwater search and rescue equipment on the way. Expect that missing anchor to show up soon.

[@274727]

Sweden?

[@inso80]

@@274727 Yes, Sweden is a nato partner with strong maritime capability.

[@mattiforss6331]

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[@andersgrassman6583]

Yes, it's a very qualifyed navy ship "Belos". Among other things, it is for submarine rescue operations.

[@gregrogers3203]

Thank you for this interview and close military threat perspective of the former Naval officer from Finland, as well his discussion of what makes his great country and people so resilient by their education, conscription and cohesion.

[@sallasundell4351]

That is absolutely true: in Finland, cooperation between authorities between different instances runs smoothly. That's true.

[@LudmillaOlesnicky]

Excellent

[@irisfiamma]

Finns are the best Russia-experts among the Western countries.

[@mzan2691]

This is just a myth

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

We are not Russian experts! No-one studied russian language in 1972 99,8% of Finnish students did not studied russian in 1972! No-one watches Russia tv and these people like Ben Zyskowicz claiming Russia tv is so bad! Zyskowicz do not speak russian or Zyskowicz never watch Russian tv!

[@bikechainmic]

ruZZia must be a simple minded nation, if they have forgotten what happened last time they fought Finland

[@marinauretic9529]

Russians are the best! ❤👍

[@upnorth2421]

​@@marinauretic9529they might well be. But their government is criminal.

[@syrjanen3397]

@@marinauretic9529😂

[@syrjanen3397]

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[@anneli4441]

Very interesting snd important things this Finnish x-security person had to say.

[@Nels921]

We keep together in the nordic.All except Russia.

[@karljensen893]

You should already been prepared. You should already have an action plan. You should never let putin know thay you are not ready. Go Go

[@-NiEr]

Vladimir has now called his friend Xi who promised to send Yi Peng 3 back to the Baltic Sea, as fast as possible. Since China is the only anchor-dragger specialist, that can operate freely - without interaction...

[@melodyprogressive]

😂 that video of a guy putting a line into the ground. The interviewee meant totally something different. Who’s chosing the video’s? GPT 1.0?

[@geofflewis8599]

..''What sort of legal frameworks..'' - Russia's actions are acts of war - and you want 'legal frameworks'?. what tosh!.tell the Russians that all their shipping will be stopped and searched..

[@playnochat]

Russia uses easily bribed third world countries to do their dirty work. We don't want international conflict in shipping.

[@inso80]

For example UNCLOS is a legal framework.

[@paanikki]

Our nations are just as much dependent on Baltic sea shipping routes as Russia, maybe even more dependent. Therefore, freedom of navigation is important for us. If we break international rules by stopping ships in international waters just because they have Russian cargo, Russia will not hesitate harrassing and stopping our shipping, most probably in a much more dangerous way. Russia has no reputation to lose. This is why it is important all Baltic nations (except Russia) have a common interpretation of international laws and regulations. For example, Stopping ships just because they come from a Russian port would be illegal. But stopping 20 year old single hull tanker ships over 10 000 tons DW for safety inspection could be justified with environmental protection and maritime safety. Ships with shady documents of ownership and insurance could be stopped for checking their insurance status, and blacklisted. Most ships of the Russian shadow fleet belong to these categories.

[@geofflewis8599]

@@paanikki ..indeed, Russia has demonstrated it's 'attitude' by ripping up important submarine cables - the response should be to be as much of a nuisance as possible.. Russia is, of course, bottled up in the Baltic in St Petersburg and by the Skagerrak.

[@edonveil9887]

One is a Western democracy and the other is not. Both have their ways.

[@irisfiamma]

I live nearby the Finnish Navy Headquarters and I am quite scared. I love Russian culture very much, especially Russian Classical Music and Russian Literature. I have many Russian friends, who reside in Finland, but I had to severe ties with the ones who support Putin. Not all Russians are evil, I believe. The ongoing hostility is very disturbing. Many Russians pretend to act as Ukrainians in public, but when they talk, it is not difficult to tell the difference between Russian and Ukrainian. Putin is evil.

[@atol71]

Aand Post Truth Times. Keep the BS running and dip into it....

[@jpfalkenberg8801]

Finland is NOT a baltic nation.

[@andersgrassman6583]

No, but it is a Baltic Sea nation. If you don't live in this corner of the world (I'm Swedish), the finer points can get lost. (At least I don't think Finland gets completely mixed up with another country, like Sweden and Switzerland do! 😂)

[@sallasundell4351]

No, but Baltic see yes. Or should i say "Gulf of Finland".

[@irisfiamma]

It is indeed!

[@beb5816]

When someone says "it's complicated" that means they don't know...so I turn off.

[@mhyotyni]

They do know more than they have time or permission to tell. I am thankful that they give interviews anyway.

[@realtsarbomba]

It also means that it really is complicated matter that could have unforeseen and long lasting consequences if not treaded carefully with our and our allies backs covered.

[@sallasundell4351]

For beginners: Do you think Finns tell even a small part of what they know?? No. They don't tell. And yes, they almost always answer by saying: I don't know / we don't know.

[@mhyotyni]

@@sallasundell4351 Depends of who you ask 😄But yes, there are a lot of stoaic, tight-lipped and honest people living here. Some of them were even driving Formula 1 in old good days making great one liner comments!

[@SwallowPonyJuice]

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[@sallasundell4351]

😁

[@mustamuri]

🍼Räty🍼🤡

[@sauh5865]

Finalnd should never have meddled into all this.. It won't end well.

[@Soundsinthevoid]

It is impossible to say out as they are next to russia

[@jooseppib1082]

Ruzzia should not have invaded Ukraine

[@joeordinary209]

They cut Finnish cables.. it will not end well for the aggressor.

[@sauh5865]

@@joeordinary209 any real evidence of Russia having done this or "media can't lie?". For almost a century the relationship was ok between the two countries. And months after joining NATO Finland starts to get problems with its cables... You know even if they did it... Didn't Finland break all diplomatic relationship with its neighbor first? Didn't Finland close borders completely for made-up unproven allegations reasons? Didn't Finland announce they'll take all the private property owned by Russian citizens on their territory "just because"? Harassing, firing and insulting Russians living in Finland for years for the decision that was not even taken by any of them? Is this a normal and rational behavior? And in the end with all this done from finns side to completely break all links with its biggest neighbor that was bringing a half of their GDP through business - what did you expect from the Russians? Love and friendship?

[@joeordinary209]

@@sauh5865 Finland joined Nato due to Russian invasion of Ukraine. All 3 vessel that have cut cables are linked to Russian shadow fleet carrying Russian cargoes loaded in Russian port, breaching sanctions. I think its Russian revenge for joining Nato, that is all they can do. Obviously Russia will never admit, just like they don't admit any of the crimes they do. This case is going to the court, so further info will be revealed later, but even if there would be videos of Mr grand pa him selves cutting the cables they would deny it so don't expect the real power of the event ever be trialed, that is for sure. But the value of the cargo will compensate partially to repair cost.

[@zuludeltanovember]

all they can afford is a retired Lt. how cheap.

[@realtsarbomba]

*Lt. General Arto Räty* did the interview completely free of charge.

[@inso80]

@@realtsarbomba He seemed to be knowledgeable and articulate too. A good interview.

[@martinfinne7259]

A active one might not be able to say anything

[@syrjanen3397]

So whats your point???

[@Kestrelkidkills]

As a Norwegian Norway tried to honeypot none of that culture language history or even language means anything, once a civilization isn’t against honeypotting the civilization has to end no matter what.