Due to the EU sanctions, Finland has arrested a large amount of Russian property, including real estate such as seaside villas, industrial raw materials, more than a dozen yachts, and over 1,000 freight train cars. It is specified that Finnish authorities currently hold frozen assets worth more than 80 million euros due to punitive sanctions
Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, said on Thursday, May 19, that Helsinki is opposed to NATO deploying nuclear weapons or establishing bases inside Finland if it joins the military alliance. Swedish Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, has also said Sweden doesn’t plan on hosting NATO nuclear weapons or bases. Finland and Sweden formally applied to join
Gas supplies from Russia to Finland will stop at 7 am this Saturday, as reported by the ‘Gasum’ Finnish company. “In the afternoon on Friday, May 20, Gazprom Export informed Gasum that natural gas supplies to Finland under the agreement will be terminated on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 07.00,” the message reads. Gasum Oy
Sweden and Finland, which previously adhered to the policy of military neutrality, officially announced their intention to become members of NATO on May 15, 2022, explaining that they see a threat from Russia. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, speaking on the air of the “Solovyov Live” programme, said that the
Joining NATO will not contribute to strengthening the security of Sweden and Finland, and Moscow will not accept the current situation as it is, according to the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, on Monday, May 16, 2022. Recently, it became known that the Social Democratic Party in power in Sweden spoke in favor of
Today, on May 12, Finland expressed an open intention to apply for NATO membership, which was stated in a joint statement by the country’s president, Sauli Niinisto, and Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Russia gave an immediate reaction, confirming its initial concern about the issue. “During this spring, an important discussion on Finland’s possible NATO membership
The ‘Paulig’ Finnish coffee producer with headquarters in Helsinki sold the business in Russia. The buyer of the shares in LLC “Paulig Rus” was a private investor, Vikas Soi. The Russian business of Paulig will be transferred to a new owner. Trademarks and recipe are not included in the transaction. The Paulig brand will leave
Finland continues to break ties with Russia and is actively striving to join NATO. The country has one step left, before it turns into a new target for Russian missiles, the Russian political analyst, Yevgeny Satanovsky, said. Finnish authorities are actively changing the country’s foreign policy course to anti-Russian. Helsinki closes all joint projects, is
Finnish design company Fennovoima has terminated the contract with Russian Rosatom for the construction of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant in Finland. The message puts all the blame on RAOS Project (Rosatom’s legal entity in Finland), claiming that “there have been significant and growing delays”. It is also said that “the war in Ukraine has
In the Republic of Karelia, it was proposed to modernize the dual-use border infrastructure, both military and civilian, in connection with Finland’s plans to join NATO. This was reported yesterday, on April 27, by the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the region, Elissan Shandalovich. “It seems that the current political leadership of Suomi not
Russia may renegotiate the lease of the border Saimaa Canal with Finland in the event of its accession to NATO. Such a decision is not excluded in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The Saimaa Canal is considered the most important transport artery in Finland. The navigable channel between Lake Saimaa in Finland and
From Sunday, April 24, the Finnish electric grid company Fingrid will limit the capacity in cross-border connections with Russia, as a result of which the imported capacity will decrease from 1300 MW to 900 MW. The export capacity from Finland to Russia will remain at 320 MW. “The decision is based on an assessment of
Russia has clearly expressed its position on the possible accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, as stated by the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. “Brussels, under the auspices of the US, has been drawing these countries into its structures for a long time. Actual retraction measures were carried out. There is nothing new here.
