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Sofi Oksanen is a Finnish-Estonian author and playwright whose work has been translated into forty-six languages. Her latest novel is Dog Park, set at the intersection of East and West.
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What Finlandization Really Means
There's now talk of neutrality, of following the Finnish model, for Ukraine and others. Finnish novelist Sofi O. says No! Putin will remain a predator, and "Finlandization" vampirized her country during the Cold War.