A criminal case will be opened on behalf of Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee (TFR), regarding the attack on the Russian consulate building in Finland’s Aland Islands. This was reported by the telegram channel of the Investigative Committee.
On the night of April 30 – May 1, 2023, an explosive noise device and other items were dropped on the territory of the Russian foreign mission in Mariehamn, the administrative center of the Åland Islands.
In this context, Bastrykin instructed the ICR’s Main Investigation Department to organize an investigation into this incident, to make an appropriate legal assessment of the actions of the persons involved in the attack against internationally protected institutions, and also to request the necessary information for the investigation. From the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said that Finnish authorities had launched an investigation into the attack on the Russian consulate. He confirmed that the ministry had received a Russian memo regarding the attack.