countries in the region have a stake in the Åland islands strategically, because from the aland islandscan threaten sweden, stockholm is not far from here, on the other side of finland, and you can also block the passage to the gulf of bothnia and partly to the gulf of finland. the aland islands were demilitarized back in 1856, then the swedes came in 1918, a few weeks after them the germans came, in 1940 russia demanded that the aland islands be demilitarized again, but not everyone is happy about it, but on the other hand, if you change the status of the islands, you don't know what might happen. finland is not allowed to station troops on the islands, but is allowed to have a coast guard. it can carry out patrols, but cannot have active-duty weapons. the big turning point was 2014, when the crimea attack occurred, and things have not been going well since then. planning for the use of equipment and training of personnel have changed based on information about the introduction of modern warfare received on... they are not so aggressive that finland has declared that these islands are

about it during. visit to Åland islands - said the president of finland alexander stup.e time, and this is the most important thing, the finnish leader emphasized that during hostilities on the territory of the terrorist country, the armed forces of ukraine have the full right to use the weapons they received from finland. next is a short quote from the finnish leader. we have no restrictions on what kind of weapons ukraine can use, and in what way the starting point is what ukraine has in full. the right to defend oneself within the framework of international law, and here too an interesting point and nuance, i.e. the president of finland, alexander stup, says that everything that happens in the kursk oblast, while it is still in russia and still in the federation, is taking place in accordance with the norms of international law, and therefore ukraine has every right to it, and we thank the finns for that , that they allowed to use their weapons as well, i wish that one more country and one of its leaders... well, i mean the chancellor of germany , olaf scholz, that he

the presidents of finland the residents of the aland islands greet with restraint not a single finnishhis archipelago is a demilitarized zone and the military bloc is not happy with this. the name of the village is in swedish, you will not find finnish in aland, the swedish minority lives here. the archipelago has its own flag, parliament, car numbers and even traffic rules, the autonomy of finland is located in the baltic sea, at the entrance to the gulf of bothnia. the archipelago is considered a strategically important bridgehead in case of a conflict with russia: the islands block finland from the sea, controlling the baltic and the communications laid along it, but the allands have had a demilitarized status since 1856, now the soviet-finnish agreement signed following the winter war in 1940 is in force , any military activity is prohibited here, compliance with the terms of the agreement is monitored by a special russian diplomatic mission, the russian consulate in the allands. we are monitoring that no military fortifications are made, it is best do this with you. all activity o

real goals may be different, experts call the island a " giant aircraft carrier", after joining nato , alliance troops are stationed on gotland. the Ålandsntly only accepting ukrainian refugees, there are about 300 of them on the islands, but they sometimes cause problems for the local authorities. peter carlossen, who has lived on the islands for 35 years, was beaten by three ukrainians for refusing to repeat the nazi salute. they came and said get on your knees and shout, glory to ukraine. i told them: "no way." they started beating me up, well, i fought back as much as i could, but there was bloodshed, it was horrible, the police arrived, they called the police, they took me to the hospital, but the police, as a result of the investigation, so and could not find the perpetrators, regular attacks are taking place on the russian consulate, our diplomat literally holds the defense alone, this is the smallest diplomatic mission. the next step in strengthening finland's defense should be the closure of the russian consulate on the Åland islands and permission for finnish troops to conduct exercises there, says retired finnish army general

islands. and the bloomberg agency in its article calls aland the achilles heel of nato, directly speaking aboutneed to break agreements with russia. the next step in strengthening finland's defense should be the closure of the russian consulate. the oland islands and permission for finnish troops to conduct exercises there, says retired finnish army general and ruling coalition mp peka tovere. he noted that the archipelago is more important for finland than gotland is for sweden. as long as the 1940 treaty remains in force, the russian consul is once again heading out to sea for another raid. most swedes in holland do not support the introduction of the finnish army to the islands, since for them it would... mean the loss of their autonomous status, but if the decision to break the treaty with russia is accepted, the opinion of the alanians themselves will definitely not be taken into account in nato. daria grigorova and vladislav chernov, news from the alan islands, finland. this week, several famous russian artists and politicians fell victim to cyber fraudsters. just the day before , crimina