Linus's dad was a Finnish communist and lived in USSR for some time, one can say a VIP person. You actually lack the context to realize how important this is. Many people of such connections (not accusing Linus, no) are usually still connected to Russia's regime more than, ahem, me. The documents about just whom that encompasses are still secret in Russian archives. Well, technically one can get a permission, but random people are refused it.

Finns barely tolerate Russians under usual circumstances.

Yes, we know that, massacring Russian civilian population during 1917-1918 and then doing that David-n-Goliath thing in the Winter War, which is the only thing they want to remember, and then 1941-1945 with Finnish troops participating in the blockade of Lengingrad and making concentration camps for civilian population, again.

I don't get how that should work in Linus's favor, though.

Oh, and also during the Cold War the foreign country most integrated into USSR's MIC was Finland. Not something of the Warsaw Pact ones, but Finland.

You're telling me they barely tolerated building warships for USSR, right? Poor guys.

And then people in the Interwebs are asking why some average Russian doesn't go and rebel or blow up FSB buildings or something. I wonder the fuck why.

That's why.