Finnish farmers in massive protest over financial woes, Russian sanctions

Mainly unreported on the Western News Media.
Finnish farmers in massive protest over financial woes, russian sanctions

Friday's demonstration was staged by the farmers' central union MTK, which said the action was "an emergency call" to politicians to come up with measures help producers' dire straits and "to save domestic food production.

enduring delays in EU's farm subsidy payments and a complete halt in exports to key market Russia due to EU's sanctions.

A Majority of Finnish farmers have taken protest over the Russian sanctions because the sanctions have being hurting not the Russians but the Finnish economy.

The Russian sanctions are having an opposite effect. Even if the right wingers, EU plan to attack Russia with more sanctions, they would be just attacking themselves.

a reply to: TaleDawn

Caught that earlier on RT .

Finland and the EU blindly following the lead of the US regarding sanctions against Russia is coming back to bite them.

When will the Europeans realize they have been duped?

Doesn't Finland border Russia? Quit crying and sell to the Russians. They have a major border with them. Stuff the EU and their dictatorial BS.

Finland Map

This is all Putin's fault.

If Putin would just do what the west wants, the west would not have to keep hurting people.

If people knew the foundation of any society is keeping the food store always full..

a reply to: MALBOSIA

If Putin would just do what the west wants

So what your saying you want Syria to have being like Libya?

a reply to: TaleDawn

I suspect he's being sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek.