Finns vote on Sunday to elect their president, whose role has increased since joining NATO last year. Some 4.3 million voters must choose between the former conservative Prime Minister, Alexander Stubb, and the former head of diplomacy, Pekka Haavisto.
The two former foreign ministers share the same vision on the position to adopt towards Russia with a strengthening of sanctions against Moscow. Finland became a member of the Atlantic Alliance last year, to the great dismay of Russia which promised to respond with “countermeasures” at the end of August.