Finland’s decision to seek NATO membership and the removal of the last remaining Lenin statues in the country in 2022 highlighted a change in how perceptions of Russia have shifted in Finland post-February 24, 2022. And some argue that the Finns’ previous reticence regarding America is also on the decline.
“eight decades” ago would be 1943 when Finland ended its alliance with the Nazis so I think some context is important when discussing this “neutrality” https://nypost.com/2019/02/10/finland-helped-nazis-murder-jews-during-wwii-report/