Hey, sorry if I was being obnoxious, I'm mostly American, so it comes easily. My point was not to disprove you, or to defend Russia. I hope I made it clear in previous posts that I lump them in with the rest of the untenable and corrupt maximalist megastates that rule the world. My thought is I find it disappointing that a place like Sweden or Finland, which are famously the envy of the world with freedoms, copious parental leave, and good math scores want to spend their time grandstanding with these other idiots instead of seeking peace and reconciliation. And so I ask why.
I appreciate the references, and while you are completely correct that the mood has soured, nothing here points toward any kind of aggression from Russia. If I missed it please let me know. Otherwise, do you really think that Finland hosting NATO's largest artillery exercise ever held in Europe, while at the same time materially waging a proxy war against Russia all while sanctioning them, is going to endear you to them? I would say considering the circumstances the quotes here are really very diplomatic. From what you sent - Putin on Finland (after the invasion): "Did we have any disputes with them? All disputes, including territorial ones in the mid-20th century, have long since been solved, there were no problems there" You could say that is just a devious lie, but why then have they have loudly shouted their dominion over Ukraine for ages? It's not fair to Ukraine for EU to act like victims.
Finally, no fault of yours, but we have to be exceedingly careful with our sources. It is also happening on a broad scale elsewhere, but Americans have created various NGOs and "Think Tanks" that operate as propaganda machines aligned, but not formally affiliated with the government. The Jamestown Foundation you quoted is a hawkish conservative military organization founded by the CIA to get juicy stories out of Russian defectors.
It's an ugly world out there, lets be nice to each-other, and please not support the military industrial complex, anywhere, ever.