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The rise of the anti-immigration True Finns party reflects increasingly ambivalent attitudes to-
wards Finland's role in the EU.
Though still part of Russia, Finland issued its first postage stamps in 1856 and its own
currency, the markka, in 1860.
A
kotiryssä
(Russian contact) was crucial for politicians of ambition in Cold War Finland,
when much career advancement was under Moscow's control. But those friendly dinners
on the Kremlin's tab could look a little treasonous if the vodka loosened your tongue…
