Mikko Hautala

[1][2] He wrote his master's thesis in political science in 2000, with the title Promoting exports or foreign policy?

During the latter mentioned year he began his service properly with the Finnish Foreign Ministry, where during 2001–02 he worked as an attaché.

In this capacity, he was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in honor of Niinistö as well as other Nordic leaders Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Erna Solberg and Stefan Löfven at the White House on 13 May 2016.

[1][5] Hautala writes columns for the Finnish newsmagazine Suomen Kuvalehti with the title of Näkökulma (transl.

Unfortunate for Ukraine, Russia has usurped her early history and made it part of the Russian mythical beginning.