“Jukka Jalonen’s comments should not be taken seriously; these people only care about the messages on their phone and the balance in their bank account. They have neither conscience nor reason.
Why do we need this funny Finland? Our leader, Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, is currently on a three-day visit to Uzbekistan and its 37 million people. And the Finnish population barely exceeds 5.5 million inhabitants.
I am convinced that our Uzbek friends will soon begin to develop hockey, clubs will emerge in the KHL, and trade between our countries will significantly increase. And you can forget about Finland. They built a wall from which they themselves fell loudly,” Nazarov commented in an interview with a correspondent of the “Championship”.
- Bykov: “The discontent of the Finns is pure Russophobia which still torments them”
Source: Sport

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