Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland are closing entry from Monday for Russian citizens with tourist visas, including Schengen visas issued by third countries. “Together with Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, we decided to jointly limit tourism opportunities for Russian citizens in order to protect public order and security. Now, it is impossible to guarantee that Russian
Finland, as well as its EU allies, made a decision to shoot itself in the foot economically by unilaterally slashing energy purchases from Russia. Moreover, the country complicated the process of issuing visas to Russians, who used to make up a big income for the tourism industry. However, the leadership of the state blames a
Russia’s victory in Ukraine will have a negative impact on the image of the West, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Parliament, Jussi Halla-aho, said in an interview with Yle. The deputy claimed that the success of the special operation will show the world that Moscow, which the politician called a
Finnish company Fennovoima filed a lawsuit against Russian Rosatom for almost 2 billion euros for the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant (NPP) and said it was waiting for a counterclaim. The Russian state corporation said that lawsuits have already been filed, for $3 billion. Fennovoima is a nuclear power company established by Russian state’s nuclear
Yesterday, on July 28, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, began a working trip to Karelia with a visit to the new command and control center of the Petrozavodsk airport. He listened to reports on the organization of regional air traffic and visited the control room. As specified, fom Petrozavodsk, Medvedev will
Yesterday, on July 28, the EU Commission banned Finland from refusing to issue visas to Russians. However, now the customs has tightened the rules for the carriage of foreign currency and goods. From Finland, it is now impossible to export goods more expensive than 300 euros per piece, equipment over 750 euros, and food over
The Finnish authorities have followed the path of those politicians whose fate is already sealed, the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Alexei Chepa, told Izvestia on Thursday, July 7, commenting on the decision of the Finnish parliament to install a fence on the border with Russia. According to the
Finland has seized nearly a thousand Russian freight cars as a result of EU sanctions, Reuters reported on Tuesday, June 5. It is alleged that the Finnish bailiff service informed the agency about the freezing of assets of several dozen individuals and companies from Russia and Belarus in accordance with EU sanctions. Among them were
Finland, from Friday, July 1, removes all coronavirus restrictions on entry into the country for all tourists, including Russians. Thus, when crossing the border, all travelers from third countries are exempt from presenting a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 and passing tests for coronavirus. They will only need a valid visa to enter the country.
In mid-May, Sweden and Finland officially applied to join NATO, explaining the decision by growing tenses around the Europe due to the difficult situation in Ukraine and Russia’s special military operation there. The Head of the Finnish intelligence service Supo, Antti Pelttari, expressed his surprise of the fact Russia has not responded to Helsinki’s initiative
Finnish journalist, Kosti Heiskanen, told EurAsia Daily about the theft of money, which was collected in Finland for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), but then disappeared. Since the beginning of Russia’s special operation, Finnish politicians have allocated a lot of aid to Ukraine, said Heiskanen. According to him, news about the massive theft of
The governor of the Leningrad Region, Alexander Drozdenko, expressed his opinion on Finland’s accession to NATO to Daily Storm. He believes that Finland will suffer greatly from joining NATO, because the Finnish economy is too closely connected with the Russian one. “The decisions [on joining NATO] that they have made today — they may not
Russia will be obliged to respond to the threat from NATO in the event of an expansion of the alliance’s infrastructure in Finland and Sweden, Russian Security Council Secretary, Nikolai Patrushev, said. “In the event of the expansion of the alliance’s military infrastructure on the territory of Finland and Sweden, Russia will perceive this as
