Finland could donate a small number of German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine if a wider group of European nations also decided to do so, Finnish President, Sauli Niinisto, said. Kiev has requested heavy military vehicles such as the Leopard 2, which would represent a significant step-up in Western support after the start of the
Russia will monitor the actions of Finland, which promised not to deploy nuclear weapons after joining NATO, and evaluate not words, but deeds, as said by the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Earlier, Finnish Foreign Minister, Pekka Haavisto, stated that Finland does not seek to deploy NATO nuclear weapons on its territory. “We are
The “Active Action” festival will be held in Finland on January 6-7 and will bring together LGBT figures, feminists, representatives of the so-called “independent” media from Russia in Helsinki. All of them will gather at the festival, where it is planned to develop “alternative coexistence policies”. In fact, the newly-minted candidate for NATO openly organizes
In 2022, border guards in Finland banned 3,375 foreign citizens from entering the country across the border with Russia. This was reported by the representative of the service Mira Alopaeus. As specified, this is seven and a half times more than in 2021, when the Finnish border guards did not let 440 people into the
The International Dispute Review Board (DRB) refused Finland to file financial claims to the Russian “Rosatom” company in the situation with the Hanhikivi-1 NPP, the contract for the construction of which Helsinki terminated this year. This was reported by the Director General of the Russian atomic state corporation Aleksey Likhachev. The Finnish company, “Fennovoima”, 34
Finnish Minister of Science and Culture, Petri Honkonen, said that Russia’s return to world sport is unacceptable. The politician considered that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would make a mistake if it softened its position towards athletes from Russia and Belarus. “They should not be allowed back under any circumstances,” he said. On December 9,
The Stockholm Arbitration Court recognized the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the transition to payment for gas in rubles as force majeure under the contract, and ordered the Finnish “Gasum” company to pay “Gazprom Export” a debt of more than €300 million for gas supplies. “On November 14, 2022, a decision was made
The Finnish company “Nokia” has asked the USA and Finland for export licenses for the supply of telecom equipment to Russia to fulfill previously concluded contracts. Such measures are necessary for the company’s final withdrawal from the Russian market. Nokia has reportedly sent a request to the US Bureau of Industry and Security, as well
The bill on Finland’s membership in NATO does not contain any restrictions on bringing nuclear weapons into the country or establishing NATO bases there, Iltalehti reports with reference to its foreign and security policy sources. The F-35A fighters that Finland also acquired can be equipped with tactical nuclear weapons if necessary. It is reported that
In Finland, on October 3, the Nosto ATM network, the only one in the country that worked with the Chinese payment system, stopped accepting UnionPay cards, as RIA Novosti reported with reference to Risto Lepo, a representative of Nokas CMS, which owns ATMs. He explained the decision by the increased demand for cash from the
Finland is going to close the border for the entry of tourists from Russia next night, as reported by the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, citing sources. “The new border rules should come into force as early as Thursday evening, unless the government at its meeting, which starts today at 1 pm, changes the schedule that
Even though the Russian search engine Yandex is not under western sanctions, the “Helsingin Sanomat” newspaper wrote on Thursday, September 22, that the Yandex data center in Mäntsälä was arrested. According to the Finnish newspaper, the executive body of Finland in August froze the local assets of Yandex on the basis of the inclusion of
Finland has proposed to the EU to include a ban on issuing tourist visas in the list of anti-Russian sanctions, as well as terminate Schengen visas for Russians. “Finland has proposed that in order to strengthen the unity of the EU, tourist visas should be included in the scope of EU sanctions. Finland considers it
