Finns vote for a new president who will guide policy for the new NATO member and neighbor of Russia


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People receive their ballots at a polling station during a presidential election in Espoo, Finland, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Voters in Finland are choosing Sunday between two experienced politicians to be their next president. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) HELSINKI – Voters in Finland are choosing Sunday between two experienced politicians to be their next president, whose main task will be to steer the Nordic country’s foreign and security policy now that it is a member of NATO, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Former prime minister Alexander Stubb, 55, on the center right, and former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, 65, from the...