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This $40 Billion Finnish Fund Says Russia Is Biggest Worry

The flags of the Russian Federation, left, Finland.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Sharing the European Union’s longest border with Russia can provide a unique perspective when it comes to assessing the region’s biggest geopolitical threat.

The man running one of the largest funds in Finland -- a country that has avoided provoking Russia by staying outside NATO -- says Europe’s relationship with its eastern neighbor is his top concern when he goes over the list of geopolitical flash points threatening to destabilize the global economy.