Helsinki does not fear the Russian threat: “The shelters are ready, the military too”

HELSINKI – On the ferry to Suomenlinna, the fortress built in 1748 on six islets fifteen minutes from the capital to protect it against Russian expansionism, there is a fog that is cut with a knife. The only clear thing, at these latitudes, is another: Finland, leaving behind decades of neutrality, is about to apply for NATO membership.