Helsingin Sanomat – The recent torrent of stories about election campaign funding has linked several Finnish ministers and front-rank politicians with some heavyweight investors, whose names are behind the companies and associations that made handsome donations to the campaign war-chests of candidates in the March 2007 elections. Helsingin Sanomat takes a closer look at who the money-men are and what they sought to gain from their philanthropy. Did the ministers know that these gentlemen are accustomed to getting a hefty return on their investments?




