DISINFO: Finnish people lived better as part of the Russian empire...
SUMMARY
Finnish people lived better as part of the Russian empire than now in the European Union, according to a Finnish historian.
RESPONSE
Re-occuring disinformation, usually about the Baltic States though, that countries were better off under Russian/Soviet rule than today bit.ly/2lBzobb, . Moreover, the historian cited in the article claims not to have been interviewed. The other expert interviewed for the article, Johan Bäckman, is a well-known pro-Kremlin mouthpiece in Finland.