Power Belongs to the People

Power Belongs to the People (Finnish: Valta kuuluu kansalle, VKK),[7][8] formerly known as Parliamentary Group Ano Turtiainen[9] (AT),[10] is a political party in Finland.

[13][14] The parliamentary group in the Parliament of Finland was founded in June 2020 by Ano Turtiainen when he was sacked from the Finns Party parliamentary group, because of a tweet that was claimed as racist, which mocked[15] George Floyd and a history of inciting attacks against refugee centers.

[16][17][18][19][20] During 2021 the parliamentary group was renamed Power Belongs to the People and he planned to establish a political party.

[citation needed] Turtiainen was subsequently expelled from the Finns Party altogether, leading to his founding of Power Belongs to the People.

Further, the party's parliamentary candidate[31] Johan Bäckman and editor-in-chief of pro-VKK organ MV-media Janus Putkonen have recruited combatants for the Russian side in Ukraine, who have then after gone to the Russian Imperial Movement’s training camps in St. Petersburg and become fighters in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

The founder of VKK is Ano Turtiainen (left). On the right is the former third deputy leader of the party and wife of Ano Turtiainen Minna Turtiainen.