| CONTENTS |
| TO THE READERS OF "INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS" |
| RUSSIAN - FINNISH COOPERATION: TASKS FOR THE FUTURE |
| NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA ARE BASED ON TRADITIONS |
| SOME COMMENTS ON RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY |
| THE NEW PERIOD OFFERS MANY FRESH OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE STILL BEEN UNABLE TO USE |
| DRAWING THE LINE AT THE BITTER PAST |
| THE BORDER REGIONS |
| MUCH HAS CHANGED BY NOW |
| ST. PETERSBURG AND FINLAND |
| THERE IS A STEADY COMEBACK TO THE EARLIER LARGE-SCALE TRADE COOPERATION |
| THE EUROPEAN UNION AND RUSSIA: THE FINNISH VIEW |
| FROM THE CLEARING SYSTEM TO FREE MARKET TRADE |
| THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY: A SUPERTANKER THAT NEEDS AMPLE ROOM TO SWING ABOUT |
| WHAT DO RUSSIAN EAGLES SEE FROM HELSINKI! |
| I MET PRESIDENT KEKKONEN IN SEPTEMBER 1975 |
| THE FINLAND-RUSSIA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY HALF A CENTURY ON |
| THE FINNISH NATIONAL OPERA |
| REPIN AND FINLAND |
| THE UNCOMMON DESTINY OF A ST.PETERSBURG BEAUTY |
| COMINTERN AND FINLAND DURING WORLD WAR II |
| FINLAND |
| THE INNER POLITICAL SITUATION |
| FOREIGN POLICY |
| THE RUSSIAN DIASPORA IN FINLAND |
| SLOWLY BUT SURELY FINLAND RECOVERS FROM THE RECESSION |
| Finland's EU membership will help promote Finno-Russian trade |
| Finno-Russian trade on a new track |
| HELSINKI FAIR CENTRE IS AN INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE |
| Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce serves its member companies |
| Carbo deals with electrification |