The Ghost of Finlandization Is Haunting the Ukraine Debate

A 1944 armistice that traded land for peace is a poor precedent for ending Russia’s war.

A Finnish defender is seen near the front during the Finnish-Soviet Winter War in early 1940. September 15, 2025, 12:23 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

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As part of the U.S. and European push toward a negotiated end to the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv has been under mounting pressure to accept territorial concessions. Lately, attention has focused on a possible precedent for a land-for-peace deal with Moscow: the 1944 Finnish-Soviet armistice that followed two successive wars between the two neighbors. Helsinki permanently transferred substantial F

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