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Helsinki
[ hel-sing-kee, hel-sing- ]
noun
- a seaport in and the capital of Finland, on the S coast.
Helsinki
/ hɛlˈsɪŋ-; ˈhɛlsɪŋkɪ /
noun
- the capital of Finland, a port in the south on the Gulf of Finland: founded by Gustavus I of Sweden in 1550; replaced Turku as capital in 1812, while under Russian rule; university. Pop: 559 330 (2003 est) Swedish nameHelsingforshɛlsɪŋˈfɔrs
Helsinki
- Capital of Finland and largest city in the country; located in southern Finland on the Gulf of Finland; one of the nation's chief ports, as well as its commercial and cultural center.
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The court in Helsinki found there was insufficient evidence to conclude that Rusich was specifically responsible for the ambush, as there were several other groups involved.
In 2018, before the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, Trump said that he saw Russia as more of a “competitor” than an “enemy.”
At a July 2018 US-Russia summit in Helsinki, Trump said he had no reason to doubt Putin's insistence, counter to US intelligence findings, that Russia did not meddle in the 2016 US election.
Santtu Pentikäinen, a researcher at the University of Helsinki who was not involved in the work, said the study authors made a convincing case that global warming is good for rats.
In a BBC documentary in 2008, the government official who took that call at the US embassy in Helsinki described it as a hoax and a "horrible coincidence".
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