@torinrussell: Why can’t Finland defend its most strategic islands? #geopolitics #finland #sweden #russia #History

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arttu9969
Arttu :
It is never discussed politically. Only some murmurs. Its a hot potato as soon as it comes up
2026-09-07 05:53:08
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t.c.k.f69
T.C.K. / F69 :
only detail I could add here is that Ålands football team hasn't been very successful this season... otherwise extremely accurately covered 👍
2026-09-03 18:21:20
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ryan57233
ryan :
You should do a video on Kaliningrad
2026-09-03 19:47:35
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al3kzanders
al3kzanders :
they absolutely should militarize it but Sweden and Finland together
2026-09-03 22:38:37
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mrsamkos
MrSamkos :
They are very patriotic out there in the isles. They don't speak Finnish, everything there is in Swedish, yet 80% of the residents would vote to stay Finnish according to the 2019 study.
2026-09-04 09:04:24
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thequestion1234
The GameBeaster :
stating that Åland "unilaterally" voted to be part of Sweden is not entirely true. Yes the voting that accured was going door to door to ask the people if they wanted to join Sweden or Finland. Many simply asked what their neighbour said or aligned with the man who owned their land. There definetly was a willingness to join Sweden, however it was not a majority as the majority just didn't care and were fine with autonomy.
2026-09-04 00:35:39
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ohgiybbyigidlode
Richard :
NAME IS AHVENANMAA
2026-09-04 08:07:27
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aaydbeksidj
aaydbeksidj :
Swede here! The majority of Ålanders speak Swedish still and it’s a popular day trip for main land Swedes who can take the ferry from the archipelago to Mariehamn. Great video👍🏼
2026-09-03 17:41:41
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_jtaimi
JTaimi :
It should be mentioned that if LON didn’t give Finland the Åland islands, Finland would have demanded land from the Tornio river valley, which historically had a lot of finnish speakers and still has a lot of places that have finnish names.
2026-09-03 18:04:28
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miketorres54
Miguel Torres :
Bothnia Herthegovina
2026-09-06 23:56:21
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clocksverige
Clock :
You missed out the most interesting part. The main language of Åland is Swedish. Many Ålanders don’t even speak Finnish.
2026-09-04 03:46:30
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izjxixbabsbshhs
bxusbwjwbwbxijsos :
Fasta Åland just means mainland Åland, fyi (we refer to 'Fasta Finland' for the mainland)
2026-09-03 18:55:44
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ruben_kelevra
Ruben_Kelevra :
I love how it is neutral and demilitarized, until it isn't because of a war 😂
2026-09-03 18:17:26
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oowoozee
Mal :
Would've been funnier if Bothnia was controlled by Bosnia
2026-09-04 01:13:51
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wiskinator
Imran :
Bothnia sounds like me pre speech therapy trying to say Bosnia LOL
2026-09-04 03:39:18
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nicotinho30
Nicotinho :
the archipelago
2026-09-03 18:19:12
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huliviltsu
Viltsu :
he didnt go into detail on this in the video but when aland wished to rejoin sweden, the league of nations went to look and while it is closer to sweden, you never actually leave finnish teritorial waters while going there from the finnish side, you can always see the next island when as with the swedish side, its open sea for almost all of the journey
2026-09-04 06:46:47
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gideonhagstrom
gideon :
ÅLÄNNINGAR >>>
2026-09-04 04:55:37
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noniesokeke
Mimimomo35 :
Åland mentioned
2026-09-03 18:26:10
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13coco13
🇨🇷 Coco 🇵🇸 :
"Threats from Russia"
2026-09-03 23:54:59
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peter__1984
🄿🄴🅃🄴🅁 :
My home 📍🇦🇽
2026-09-04 04:05:53
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human_brand_artist
{Human}{brand}{Artist} :
Bosnia 🇧🇦 mentioned 😂
2026-09-03 21:34:36
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connerhellsten
Conner Hellsten :
Sweden is so spineless lol
2026-09-03 18:20:46
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userxyz8806
userxyz :
in German we don't say Gulf of Bothnia, but Finnish sea tits, and I think that's beautiful 🥰
2026-09-04 13:40:42
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