For if there emerges information vacuum somewhere, the adversary receives a nice opportunity to fill it and present the vision he needs. Ukraine itself should speak more to the world, not the other way round. “All who can receive unbiased information, not only from Russian channels, sympathize with you and understand that the situation in Ukraine is very far from the media-hyped ‘fascism’ and ‘radicalism.’ But it is only your country’s informational policy, especially the one you pursue abroad, that can provide a true picture of all events, explain all ambiguities, and avoid distortions. What is Latvia’s attitude to the Maidan and the current events in Ukraine? The then Finnish President Urho Kekkonen once said: ‘Find your friends near and your enemies far.’ But the Finns still do not forget to exercise caution, for they know that many things in the neighboring country are based on lies.”
The Finns had no other option but to establish relations, for they were aware that, being a small country, Finland would be unable to constantly defend itself. About 500,000 people were evacuated from them, particularly from a part of Karelia annexed by the Soviet Union. “Finland underwent a lot of ordeals and had to sacrifice many things. Zigure shared her vision of the current acute problems in the international informational and cultural policy, spoke about trends in contemporary Latvian literature and her extraordinary family in which there were a lot of writers and poets.Īs a former ambassador of Latvia to Finland, would you advise Ukraine to adopt the Soviet-Finnish model in its relations with Russia?
In an exclusive interview with Den/The Day, Ms. Her appearance in Kyiv is part of the project “Our Way to Independence” organized by the Embassy of Latvia and the National Art Museum of Ukraine. Anna Zigure, a Latvian diplomat and writer, is visiting Ukraine.
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