Kotiryssä (jocular, lit. 'one's home Russky' or 'home Russian') was a Finnish term for a Soviet or Russian contact person of a Finnish politician, bureaucrat, businessman or other important person. The term kotiryssä referred especially to Soviet diplomats or spies stationed in Helsinki in the 1960s and 1970s who were designated by the Soviet government to gather information from specific persons in Finnish politics and government.
Kotiryssä (jocular, lit. 'one's home Russky' or 'home Russian') was a Finnish term for a Soviet or Russian contact person of a Finnish politician, bureaucrat, businessman or other important person. The term kotiryssä referred especially to Soviet diplomats or spies stationed in Helsinki in the 1960s and 1970s who were designated by the Soviet government to gather information from specific persons in Finnish politics and government.
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