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All respect: She has developed from a propagandist at the virtual right-hand regulars' table to a real political figure. For around three weeks, Riikka Purra has been Deputy Prime Minister in the new government of the newly-formed NATO member, Finland. In the cabinet under Petteri Orpo of the conservative National Coalition Party, she is responsible for the important finance department. As party leader, Purra has been at the helm of Perussuomalaiset (PS), the extreme right-wing True Finns, for the past two years. In the parliamentary elections in April, the PS became the second strongest party. The Finnish coalition partner in particular makes Prime Minister Orpo sweat a lot. First Economics Minister Vilhelm Junnila had to resign from the party, which is often belittled as right-wing populist, because of his sympathies for neo-Nazis and corresponding connections. And now some of the brown spots on Riikka Purra's vest have also been revealed. Entries from 2008 in th...