Newly elected leader of Norway’s Finnmark region snubs Moscow, wants Volodymyr Zelensky to 2WW anniversary
The new regional government of Hans-Jacob Bønå does not want any official Russian representatives at next year's 80-year anniversary of Soviet liberation of East Finnmark. A similar political shift has come to the border town of Kirkenes, where a new mayor intends to scrap cooperation with neighbouring Russian region of Pechenga.
“Many of us up here have strong bonds to Russia, but we are very disappointed about the way Russia behaves. It seems like all ambitions for democracy and peaceful co-existence have been abandoned and replaced by despotism and war of aggression,” Hans-Jacob Bønå said in his address to the newly elected Finnmark County Council.
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