Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:33 pm
Per wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 4:27 am
This is creepy.
Watching Finland play Russia in the Channel One Cup in Moscow.
The Russians have opted for vintage jerseys, so rather than Россия they say CCCP on the chest...!
Kind of like Germany deciding to play against Poland in nazi uniforms....
Sending a message to all breakaway republics surrounding the motherland.
Oh I doubt the breakaway republics would be watching a Finland Russia match Per. Even if they were, it's nothing new, Russian hockey teams have worn the retro jersey recently as well.
BTW, Vlad and Finnish President Niinisto had a very friendly conversation over the phone this past week, wishing each other a merry Christmas according to the readout. Relations between the two countries couldn't be better
Oh, they certainly could, if eg Russia would return the 20% of Finland they annexed after WW2, including the most fertile area of Finland, their second biggest city, one of the largest nickel ores in the world and Finland’s arctic sea coast.
That being said, the Finns are masters of a do-not-rock-the-boat strategy when it comes to Russia. And Russia is one of their main trading partners. They are also well aware that there are more people in the St Petersburg area alone than in Finland, and it’s only a two hour drive to the border. The Finns rarely criticise Russia in public.
But ask any finn what they really think of Russians...
A hint: the worst insult you can give a Finn is to call him ”rysse” which is a derogative term for Russian.
And hockey is pretty big in all of Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakstan. Not sure if they follow the Channel One Cup, but if they have nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon, sure. I mean, I tuned in. Finns won, btw, in ot.
Also, many nationalistic Russians consider Finland a breakaway republic as well, as they were part of Russia between 1809 and 1917, but took the chance to declare independence during the Russian revolution. Finland declared themselves an independent nation on Dec 6th 1917 and Lenin’s government recognised their independence in February of 2018. Then Stalin tried to annex Finland again during WW2, but failed. But they managed to steal roughly 20% of it.