Which Finnish president pardoned Ryti?
K.J. Ståhlberg
L.K. Relander
J.K. Paasikivi
Urho Kekkonen
Answer
The Finnish president who pardoned Risto Ryti, the prime minister of Finland during World War II, was Juho Kusti Paasikivi. Paasikivi granted Ryti a pardon in 1949, after he had served a 10-year prison sentence for war crimes committed during the Continuation War. The pardon was controversial at the time, but it was seen as a necessary step in the process of reconciliation and healing the wounds of war.
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