Finnish President Sauli Niiniste said that it is necessary to prepare for a difficult spring on the Russian border. According to reports, he made the relevant statement at the opening of the spring session of the country’s parliament TASS.
According to the head of state, the Russian Federation allegedly uses people “as a tool in attempts to weaken Finland’s border security, undermine its internal national order and create discord.”
“I think we all agree on this. However, we do not know on what basis the people who come to our borders are selected,” he said.
He noted that Finnish authorities “face a complex and dual task: how to enlist the help of laws and how to protect them.”
“The upcoming spring may challenge us on both counts. Maybe exceptional times require exceptional thinking. “At the same time, we must protect the basis of the legal order,” said the Finnish leader.
Before this, Ilta-Sanomat newspaper, citing a source, said that Helsinki plans to extend Finnish authorities will officially announce the decision on closing the border with Russia on February 8, following the country’s council of ministers meeting. This was reported by
Formerly Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reproached Because Finland participates in the West’s policy of combating everything Russian.