Vladimir Putin latest public message appears to have triggered an exodus – and Finnish PM Sanna Marin is ready to act.
Vladimir Putin
Finland is ready to bar most Russians from entering the country as traffic “intensified” after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation. Finnish land border crossings are one of the few entry points into Europe for Russians after a string of Western countries closed both physical frontiers and air space to Russian planes in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Thursday the government was assessing risks posed by individuals travelling through Finland, and was considering ways to sharply reduce Russian transit.
She told reporters: “The government’s will is very clear, we believe Russian tourism to Finland must be stopped, as well as transit through Finland.”