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24Sep

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Finland will ban the entry and transit of Russians on the Schengen of any country

Finland, following the Baltics, will ban entry and transit to Russians with Schengen visas /v6_top_pics/resized/673xH/media/img/0/39/756639503135390.png 673w” media=”(max-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width : 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” >< img class="aligncenter" src="https://s0.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/media/img/0/39/756639503135390.png" alt="Finland will ban Russians from entering and transiting the Schengen area of any country" />< /p> Line of cars at the border of Russia and Finland Finland, following the Baltic countries and Poland, will ban the transit of Russians with Schengen visas, including those obtained in other countries. The ban will be adopted within a few days, now it is formulated in a draft version, said Foreign Minist...

1Sep

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The Prime Minister of Finland announced the transition to a “war economy”

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the country is now living in a “war economy” due to the energy crisis. Photo: pixabay.com Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, in an interview with the Yle portal, said that now, due to the energy crisis, the country has begun to live in a “war economy”. She clarified that the current energy crisis is unprecedented. Exceptional measures are needed to solve it. Among other things, she expressed the hope that the European Commission would help Finland in resolving this situation. “Now we live in a war economy. I think that such an economic situation is not normal,” said Marin. According to the head of the Finnish government, one of the measures to help overcome the crisis should be the establishment of a price ceiling for electricity. Ис...

1Sep

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Finland has reduced the number of tourist visas for Russians

Diplomatic representations of Finland in Russia will consider only 100 applications for tourist visas from all over Russia per day 673w” media=”(max-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” >< img class="aligncenter" src="https://s0.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/media/img/7/30/756612436270307.jpg" alt="Finland has reduced the number of tourist visas for Russians" /> On September 1, Finland introduced quotas for the number of tourist visas issued to Russians, reducing the total number of permits to enter the country from 1,000 visas per day to 500. This decision was made by the Finnish government on August 16. Of these a total of 500 visas per day, only 100 will be for tourists. The remaining 400— for those who appl...

27Aug

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Expedition to the Russian Islands of the Gulf of Finland

The “small islands” that you look for on a map with a magnifying glass have in fact always been and remain “assembly points”; Russia as a great European power. © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurgenson © Russian Geographical Society/Anna Yurg...

27Aug

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Russian Islands in the Gulf of Finland. What is the secret of these “slots of land”?

August 22-24, a memorial action was held on the outer islands of the Gulf of Finland Gogland and Big Tyuters, which completed the tenth anniversary, tenth season of field work of the integrated expedition of the Russian Geographical Society. It must be said that the idea of the scale of the work of this expedition for an unprepared person naturally causes temporary confusion — this effect is usually described by the folk expression “eyes run wide.” In really — the leitmotif of the memorial events, which were collectively called “Voices of the Lost Ships” there was a perpetuation of the memory of the crews of these very ships — Since 2013, more than 12 thousand deaths have been identified in the Gulf of ...

21Aug

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In the scandalous parties of the Prime Minister of Finland, they discerned the “Russian trace”

Finns debate 36-year-old head of government's swashbuckling fun In Finland, passions continue to boil over the leaked video footage, in which the 36-year-old Prime Minister of the country Sanna Marin “fires” with friends at a private party. Judging by the images, the head of the Suomi government knows how to have fun on vacation. Now Finnish hotheads are trying to figure out whether such fun is acceptable for the head of the Cabinet of Ministers – especially against the backdrop of a difficult geopolitical situation. Photo: AP Countless videos like this are shared daily on social media by young and not-so-young people partying in Finland and around the world, the Associated Press notes. But the leak has sparked a debate among Finns about what level of fun is approp...

20Aug

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Sweden and Finland did not extradite any promised terrorist to Ankara

Photo: pixabay.com Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Saturday that Finland and Sweden have not yet extradited any of the people involved in terrorist activities, whose extradition is demanded by Ankara. “Sweden and Finland have not extradited a single person involved in terrorist activities to Turkey,” Bozdag stated. According to According to him, extradition requests previously rejected by the two northern European countries have been updated by Turkey. However, “so far there is neither a positive nor a negative answer to them.” The minister’s words are quoted by the NTV channel. Earlier, Ankara stated that the memorandum signed with Finland and Sweden on the sidelines NATO summit in Madrid, the Turkish parliament may not approve if these countries do not fulfill the obliga...

19Aug

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Blinken handed over documents on the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO

photo en.wikipedia.org US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced in his microblog on Twitter that a package of documents on Washington's ratification of Finland and Sweden's accession to the alliance. “I handed over … to the North Atlantic Treaty Depositary the US instruments of ratification as the last step in the process of ratifying Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO,” he wrote. p> Источник www.mk.ru

16Aug

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Finland allowed the creation of a humanitarian visa for Russians

The country is discussing the introduction of a new type of humanitarian visa. Earlier, the authorities decided to limit the acceptance of applications from Russians for visas to one tenth of the current number media=”(max-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” > Finnish authorities are discussing the creation of a new type of visa— humanitarian— for the entry, for example, of journalists and civil activists in the context of changes in visa rules for Russian citizens, Yle reports, citing Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. According to the publication, the innovation is being discussed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Yle notes that while the country does not have ...

16Aug

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Finland will reduce the number of visa applications from tourists from Russia by 10 times

Finland will consider 10 times fewer applications for visas from tourists from Russia Since September, the Finnish Foreign Ministry will accept half as many applications for visas from Russians. At the same time, the number of applications for tourist visas will drop ten times -width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” > The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs will accept ten times fewer applications for tourist visas from Russians, the ministry said. “From the beginning of September, an average of 100 applications per day will be opened for those who apply for a visa for tourism purposes, which is 10% of the current number,— said in the message. The total number of visa applications registered by the Finnish M...

13Aug

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Finland and Estonia are discussing the creation of a joint missile defense system

The authorities of Finland and Estonia are discussing the creation of a joint system anti-missile defense (ABM). This was announced by the head of the Estonian Defense Ministry Hanno Pevkur, reports RIA Novosti. “We need to unite our coastal defense. The range of Estonian and Finnish missiles exceeds the width of the Gulf of Finland. This means that we combine our missile defense and share all the information with each other, – said the Minister of Defense. According to him, the unification of missile defense systems will become possible after Finland joins the North Atlantic Alliance. In addition, the head of the Estonian Ministry of Defense expressed the opinion that such integration will allow "close" the Gulf of Finland for ships of ...

12Aug

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Tallinn offered Helsinki to block the Gulf of Finland for Russian ships

The common missile defense system of Finland and Estonia will allow “closing” the Gulf of Finland for Russian ships, said the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Baltic Republic 756603154132239.webp 673w” type=”image/webp” media=”(max-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution : 192dpi)” > Hanno Pevkur (center) < p>Estonia and Finland are negotiating a joint missile defense system (ABM), Hanno Pevkur, the new Minister of Defense of Estonia, told Iltalehti newspaper. “We need to unify our coastal defenses. The range of Estonian and Finnish missiles exceeds the width of the Gulf of Finland. This means that we combine our missile defense and share all the information with each other,— said P...

11Aug

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Turkey accuses Sweden and Finland of not fulfilling NATO promises

Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu: Sweden and Finland did not fulfill their promises to join NATO Turkey has not seen Sweden and Finland take steps to extradite the Kurds, the Foreign Minister said. Swedish SVT writes that Stockholm is ready to extradite one of them. Turkey promises in return to approve the entry of these countries into NATO media=”(max-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” > Mevlut Cavusoglu Sweden and Finland have not yet fulfilled the demands made by Ankara to join NATO, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a press conference, quoted by the Turkish Anadolu agency. The Minister recalled the agreement that Ankara has concluded with Helsinki and Stockholm. According to him, they m...

8Aug

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Finland threatens holders of Finnish visas for traveling to Europe in transit

Finnish Foreign Ministry: Watching Russians who only use the Finnish Schengen for transit The Finnish Foreign Ministry is aware that some Russians use the Finnish Schengen only for transit to other European countries. The consular department of the department warned that it plans to “intervene” in this situation< source srcset="https://s0.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/resized/590xH/media/img/7/30/756599617237307.webp 590w" type="image/webp" > Finland intends to limit “transit tourism” for Russians and in the future may refuse to issue new Schengen visas to those who used a previous entry permit to enter the country only to then go somewhere else, Jussi Tanner, head of the consular service of the Finnish Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with the Yle television and radio c...

4Aug

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American veterans urged to block the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO

photo en.wikipedia.org The press service of the United States veterans association Concerned Veterans for America published an appeal to the US Senate in which veterans urged parliamentarians to disapprove of NATO expansion to include Sweden and Finland. CVA Senior Adviser Dan Caldwell recalled that the US is currently saddled with $30 trillion in public debt, record inflation and growing limits on military capabilities . “The last thing we need to do now is — it is to extend security guarantees through NATO to two more rich European states … The main attention must be paid to domestic needs and security,” he stressed. Источник www.mk.ru

4Aug

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The US Senate approved the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO

Thus, the US added to the list of more than 20 countries whose legislature ratified documents on NATO expansion. For Finland and Sweden to join the bloc, the consent of all 30 members of the alliance is required image/webp” media=”(max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” >< source srcset="https://s0.rbk.ru/v6_top_pics/resized/590xH/media/img/1/96/756595642601961.webp 590w" type="image/webp" > The US Senate approved a resolution to ratify the protocols on accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, Reuters reports.< /p> According to the agency, “for” the accession of countries to the military alliance voted 83 senators, “against”— one. Thus, the resolution was adopted by a majority of the 67 required votes, and the United States added to...

28Jul

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Finland names six options for restricting Russian tourism

Options include stopping visa processing, closing borders for passenger traffic, as well as following EU policy and harmonizing measures already at a general level. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that it would respond to Finland in case of refusal to issue visas max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” > Finnish authorities are considering six options for restricting tourism from Russia against the backdrop of a special operation in Ukraine, with reference to the head of the consular department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jussi Tanner, Yle TV channel reported. We are talking about the following options: complete cessation of issuance of visas for Russians. However, as Yle points out, this is prohibited by EU laws and Schengen regulations; limiting the number of...

28Jul

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Medvedev promised a symmetrical response to Finland’s accession to NATO

According to the deputy head of the Security Council, the accession of Sweden and Finland to the alliance will worsen the security situation in the Baltic region, and the border of Karelia with Finland will actually turn into the border of Russia with NATOv6_top_pics/resized/320xH/media/img/3/76/756590232317763.jpg 320w 800xH/media/img/3/76/756590232317763.jpg 800w v6_top_pics/resized/400xH/media/img/3/76/756590232317763.jpg 400w” media=”(max-width: 400px)” > Dmitry Medvedev Russia will respond symmetrically to the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, without specifying what it was about. “As for our reaction to the entry of these countries into NATO, then, as the President of our country said, this...

26Jul

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The main parties in Finland supported the refusal to issue visas to Russians

Visa restrictions for Russian tourists were supported by the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP), the Coalition Party, the True Finns party and the Finland Center The building of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg The main parliamentary parties Finland supported the refusal to issue tourist visas to Russians due to hostilities in Ukraine, parliamentarians were interviewed by the STT agency and the Yle television and radio company. Visa restrictions are supported by the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP), the Coalition Party, the &laquo “True Finns” and “Finland Center”. “In this situation, there is a reason to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians,” — says the representative of the Coalition Party, a member of the parliamen...

26Jul

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Erdogan reminded Sweden and Finland about the conditions for NATO membership

According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ankara will not make any concessions and will not support NATO membership of Sweden and Finland, until they fulfill their previously assumed obligations to combat terrorism. The Turkish leader recalled that the memorandum signed in Madrid at the NATO summit is just an invitation to the alliance, and he told all his colleagues in the military bloc about this . If the authorities in Sweden and Finland do not change their attitude towards the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its offshoots, the Turkish parliament will not approve the protocol on joining the alliance of the Nordic countries. “Until they stop supporting terrorist organizations, they Turkey should not be expected to have a positive attitude towards their membership...

25Jul

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Finland says there are no plans to stop issuing visas to Russians

Helsinki supports the EU sanctions policy and does not plan to introduce visa restrictions on its own, Tuppurainen said. Earlier, a number of Finnish deputies called for the termination of the issuance of tourist visas to Russians “Finland declared no plans to stop issuing visas to Russians” /> Finland has no plans to stop issuing tourist visas in Russia amid a Russian special operation in Ukraine, the acting official told Ilta-Sanomat. Prime Minister of Finland, Minister for EU Affairs and Public Property Tytti Tuppurainen (Prime Minister Sanna Marin is on vacation). “The policy of Finland is to support the common EU sanctions policy. This issue [issuance of tourist visas in Russia] should be coordinated at the level of the EU and the Schengen countries. The European Union has...

16Jul

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The number of people crossing the border between Russia and Finland has reached a pre-Covid level

More than 5,000 people crossed the Russian-Finnish land border on the day of opening On the day when the government lifted the “anticoid” restrictions on land borders, more than 5,000 people passed through the border checkpoints of the two countries. About 60% of travelers were heading from Russia to Finland The number of people who crossed the Russian-Finnish land border on the day Russia lifted restrictions reached a pre-coronavirus level— more than 5,000 people, Yle TV reported, citing Kimmo Gromoff, the head of the South-East Finnish border guard. According to him, about 500 border crossings were recorded at the Imatra checkpoint (adjacent to Russia & mdash; Svetogorsk), at the Nuijamaa checkpoint (located between the cities of Lappeenranta and Vyborg)— a...

10Jul

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Zakharova responded to Finland’s decision to make a fence on the border with Russia

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in response to the approval of Finnish President Sauli Niinistö for the construction of a fence on the border with Russia, asked Helsinki what material the fence would consist of. She wrote about this in her Telegram. Niinistö approved amendments to the law on border guards, which allow the installation of barriers on the border with Russia, earlier on July 8. Before that, on July 7, it was approved by the Finnish Parliament. As specified in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, the amendments should come into force on July 15. “Therefore, provisions for the construction of barriers in the border area, such as fences, will be added to the national legislation in order to better prepare for va...

6Jul

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Canada is the first to ratify the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO

To complete the procedure for the accession of the two Nordic countries to NATO, it is necessary that all 30 member countries ratify the accession protocol Members of the House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament on the last day of work before the holidays unanimously ratified the protocol on the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, reports Reuters. Thus, Canada became the first country to officially approve the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO. Now 29 more NATO members must go through the same process. “Before using the administrative process to ratify their membership, Foreign Secretary Melanie Jolie spoke to lawmakers to make sure they agreed,” ; said a spokesman for the Canadian Foreign Office. “We wanted to be the first country to ratify the convention...

5Jul

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The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO brought Russia serious risks

The Finns would very much like to return Vyborg The process of Sweden and Finland joining NATO has continued. On July 4, negotiations between these countries and the Alliance were completed in Brussels. On July 5, the Foreign Ministers of Sweden and Finland signed the Accession Protocol at NATO Headquarters. Ruslan Pukhov, a military analyst and director of the Moscow Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), spoke about the military significance of NATO expansion in the northwest. Photo: Global Look Press – Of course, this means the deterioration of our strategic position. And not because these countries suddenly became anti-Russian overnight – even before that they loved us like a dog with a stick. However, they were not at least formally integrated into N...

4Jul

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Negotiations on Finland’s accession to NATO concluded in Brussels

Photo: pixabay.com According to the STT news agency, negotiations on Finland's entry into the North Atlantic Alliance have been completed in Brussels. It is expected that a protocol will be signed on July 5, according to which Finland will become an observer member in NATO. During the talks, Finland was represented by a delegation led by the country's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. He also plans to be present at the signing of the protocol. Earlier, Finland, as well as Sweden, applied to join NATO. Initially, these applications were blocked by Turkey, but subsequently the countries managed to reach an agreement. Источник www.mk.ru

4Jul

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Named the probability of deploying NATO nuclear weapons in Sweden and Finland

Stockholm and Helsinki have a long way to go to NATO On Tuesday, Sweden and Finland are expected to sign a NATO accession protocol. This was announced last week by Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. However, this is not yet the finish line in the Scandinavian sprint run, but only one of many milestones on a path that can stretch for a long time. Photo: dvidshub.net “We are going to officially sign the accession protocol on Tuesday in the presence of the foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland, but the decision has already been made,” Stoltenberg said at a press conference on results of the NATO summit in Madrid. The two Nordic countries were officially invited to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after the signing on June 28 by Turkey, Finland and Sweden of a ...

3Jul

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Turkey scared Sweden and Finland: non-compliance with the deal will be expensive

Ankara continues to put pressure on Swedes and Finns aspiring to NATO Failure to comply with the deal with Turkey will cost Sweden and Finland much more than its implementation, Akif, chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, said on Sunday Çağatay Kılıç in connection with the agreement between Ankara, Helsinki and Stockholm reached at the NATO summit in Madrid. Photo: AP In a conversation with the Anadolu (AA) agency, Akif Çağatay Kılıç assessed the memorandum signed by Ankara, Stockholm and Helsinki on the processes for the accession of the two Nordic countries to NATO. Kılıç said that by applying for NATO membership due to of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Sweden and Finland have changed their policy of neutrality, which they have adhered to today, adding that the fin...

3Jul

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Biden sent a report to Congress on the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO

Sweden and Finland decided to join NATO against the backdrop of a Russian special operation in Ukraine. At the end of June, they were officially invited to join the alliance Joe Biden US President Joe Biden sent reports to the relevant congressional committees on the issue of accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, the press service of the White House reported. This procedure is necessary for the ratification of the protocol on the entry of these countries into the alliance. The reports are prepared in accordance with the requirements of the protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in 1998. The report should, in particular, provide information on the fulfillment of security requirements for NATO membership and an assessment of t...

2Jul

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Erdogan called on Finland and Sweden not to delay the fulfillment of promises

Erdogan: Turkey will return to its original position if the fulfillment of promises is delayed Turkey will not support the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO if they delay the fulfillment of their obligations, Erdogan said. Countries promised to expel members of the PKK, which Ankara considers terrorist =”Erdogan urged Finland and Sweden not to delay the fulfillment of promises” /> Recep Tayyip Erdogan If Finland and Sweden do not fulfill their promises to Turkey in order to join NATO or delay the fulfillment of their obligations, Ankara will return to its original position on the issue of their membership in the alliance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, Milliyet reports. According to According to Erdogan, Sweden and Finland have so far only been invited to NA...