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-- "buffer state" bullshit brought to you since 1939 --

Do they still need Finland as a "buffer state" [1]?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

Winter war was successful in a sense that it moved Soviet-Finnish border away from Leningrad. A few months later when Germany attacked USSR and Finland joined it, that extra space saved Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) from total destruction.

> A few months later when Germany attacked USSR and Finland joined it, that extra space saved Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) from total destruction.

Yes and no. Had the Winter war not happened, Finland wouldn't have joined the German attack.

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