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Wants free trade between Russia and EU

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Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Stubb, believes in a free trade area, in which goods would move between Russia and the EU without tariffs. - I am the generation for whom there has been a Russia. I remember the Soviet Union mainly as a magnificent hockey team, with CCCP written on their shirts, says Stubb and underlines that his personal goal is to link Russia more closely to the European system.

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The young newly appointed Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Stubb does not believe that Russia will ever become a member of the European Union, because he feels that two great powers will not fit into one union, writes Helsingin Sanomat. Stubb feels that Finland should not try to become a bridge builder - of the kind that can fall into the river. Instead, he feels that policy toward Russia needs to be dealt with through the European Union.