-It was certainly a mistake for the Russians to act like that. It eroded the foundation of all of their initiatives for a new security system, Ahtisaari said to journalists from the office of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), an organisation established by the former president himself.
-Our task is to persuade Russia to cooperate, and to understand that such action does not bring an increase in appreciation, he said, newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reports.
The Nobile Peace Prize winner has got congratulations from all over the world. However, Russian congratulations are yet to come, the newspaper writes
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