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Juha Molari
Juha Molari has worked for more than 20 years as a priest in an Evangelical-Lutheran church in Finland, but a conflict arose with his church because he strongly criticized a few legal anti-Russian organizations in Finland. Molari is a doctor of theology; his dissertation was a psycho-historical study about religious extremism and war trauma. For his second degree, in business education, Molari studied in Helsinki and in St. Petersburg. He has also worked as a journalist. He enjoys sport, especially long-distance running and going to the gym.
30 March, 2012, 12:57
Pussy Riot – an odd model for the future
When a female punk group illegally performed at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior they not only directed an attack against the presidential election, but also against the Orthodox faith. As a priest of some twenty years and holding a doctorate in theology, I can say that their presentation was no prayer, but rather an inappropriate insult. At issue is an ability or inability to respect...
23 March, 2012, 17:52
Who does NATO bring security to?
Walking to the subway station in I Itäkeskus, Helsinki, I could see that the eastern expansion of NATO did not brought security to all: a Roma beggar from Romania knelt cap in hand, asking for money. Romania joined NATO in 2004. In 2005 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed an agreement with the government of Romania for the use of four military bases in the country. Donald Rumsfeld,...
15 March, 2012, 14:08
Row in Finland over Chechen militant movie
This week Finnish viewers could see a new movie ad, showing an abnormal “icon” in honour of the terrorist Sayfullah. He’s a partner of Doku Umarov, a man behind a number of terrorist attacks in Russia, including those at Domodedovo airport and Moscow metro. Film director Pekka Niskanen’s movie “Virtual War” justifies the activities of Mikael Storsjö, the publisher of Umarov’s web center in...
3 March, 2012, 23:43
'Non-system opposition' and Umarov on the same front against democracy
Finnish human rights activists are alarmed that the so-called non-system opposition and terrorist groups are able to work out of Finland, aiming for a terrorist attack against Vladimir Putin that would start a violent uprising after the election. Johan Bäckman, Adjunct Professor in Sociology of Law at the University of Helsinki, has emphasized the close relations between Finland's dark...
28 February, 2012, 17:20
Estonia fails to find a James Bond
Mr. Alexei Dressen, an Estonian counterintelligence officer, has been arrested on suspicion of disclosing phishing techniques to the Russian intelligence service. Estonian political elite immediately started to talk about a “Russian Threat.” Dressen worked for Estonia's security police Kapo, and most recently dealt with activist groups. The arrest took place at Tallinn airport on Wednesday...
21 February, 2012, 10:08
Iran wants Russia to remain firm on foreign policy
In Iran it is felt that the United States is pursuing a tough strategy in Asia, says Iranian ambassador to Finland Seyed Rasoul Mousavi. The importance of such an Asia strategy for the United States is underlined by both the EU’s and the US’ own problems, Asian energy reserves and Asia’s growing young population. Mousavihas written several studies of NATO strategy in the Caucasus and the Middle...
13 February, 2012, 18:56
Finland flaunts UN in support for Al Qaeda-linked terror
The 65th anniversary of the Paris Peace Treaty on February 10 shed light on a disturbing fact. Although the treaty allowed Finland to join the UN, the country is now flaunting a Security Council ban on supporting terror organizations like Al Qaeda. The Security Council’s Al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee requires countries to block all resources going to Al Qaeda-linked terrorist Doku...
7 February, 2012, 19:40
Corruption investigations a front for color revolution push
Dollar-funded corruption probes by international organizations, foreign election observer missions may sound worthy, but in reality are often “color revolution” tools for creating political unrest. Now they are fostering anti-Russian sentiment. The politicization of organizations such as Freedom House (FH), the Open Society Institute, the Economist Intelligence Unit and Transparency...
29 January, 2012, 22:19
Remembering the Holocaust should not be a mere ritual
In Moscow, on 26 January 2012, representatives from over 40 different countries convened the conference “World without Nazism”. A broad, authoritative representation came from the US. All the speakers had a common concern with the Holocaust memorial, a serious lesson, that the Holocaust would never again be repeated through national ardor and obsession, discrimination or xenophobia. The...
22 January, 2012, 18:46
Collapse of the West’s human rights paradise
The West imagined itself as a human rights paradise, entitled to intervene, using force if necessary, to prod a wayward world to conform to its ways. The human rights report published by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in December 2011 has destroyed that illusion forever. The report looked at 16 states, one of which was Finland. In order to make an assessment of that country, the...
