Why Is Finland Able to Fend Off Putin’s Information War?

Helsinki has emerged as a resilient front against Kremlin spin. But can its successes be translated to the rest of Europe?

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Finnish President Sauli Niinnisto during a working visit to Finland on July 1, 2016. (Photo by Juhani Kandell/ Office of the President of Finland)

Left: Finnish investigative journalist Jessikka Aro. (Photo courtesy of Jessikka Aro). Right: Johan Backman during a television appearance on the Russian-state network RT in 2014. (Photo by YouTube/RT)

BY REID STANDISH-MARCH 1, 2017

With elections coming up this year in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and perhaps Italy, European intelligence services across the Continent have been sounding thealarm about Russian attempts to influence the outcome though targeted disinformation and propaganda, as they appeared to do in the U.S. presidential election.

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