Event 216

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The claim is based on direct statements from Finland's Security and Intelligence Service, cited in national news and clearly outlined in both text and headlines.",
  "continuous_since": "2023-11-01T12:00:00Z",
  "continuous_summary": "Ongoing weaponized migrant flows to the Finnish eastern border attributed to Russian state hybrid pressure tactics since late 2023.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {
    "links": [
      "https://yle.fi/a/74-20081003",
      "https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/165723/VN_2024_35.pdf"
    ],
    "title": "Excellent ??Finnish 2024 Security report."
  },
  "description": "Finland's Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) states that Russia remains a threat to Finland and is using the tactic of funnelling people to the eastern border as a means of coercion and pressure. This comes as part of broader hybrid operations from Russia, but Supo says it does not see evidence that Russia is infiltrating spies amid the flow of migrants.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-26T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Supo, Finland's intelligence service, has officially linked migrant flows at the eastern border to Russian hybrid pressure, while explicitly stating no evidence so far of spies among migrants.",
    "The Yle report is sourced directly from Finland's national intelligence authority and includes direct attribution and analysis."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Funnelling people to the eastern border is Russia's way of bullying Finland, according to the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service.",
    "Supo said it did not believe that Russia was infiltrating spies into Finland along with migrants seeking to enter the country.",
    "Hybrid operations targeting Finland and other Western countries are ongoing, although their forms and intensity may vary."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20081003"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Supo, Finland's intelligence service, has officially linked migrant flows at the eastern border to Russian hybrid pressure, while explicitly stating no evidence so far of spies among migrants.",
            "The Yle report is sourced directly from Finland's national intelligence authority and includes direct attribution and analysis."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "Finland",
      "notes": "Finnish Security and Intelligence Service issues public assessment; continuous monitoring; authorities coordinating response.",
      "status": "Official Statement"
    }
  ],
  "headline": "Russia still a threat to Finland, Supo says",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_216_1763919881_4e494091.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Excellent ??Finnish 2024 Security report",
  "primary_ref_links": [
    "https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/165723/VN_2024_35.pdf"
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20081003",
    "https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/165723/VN_2024_35.pdf"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Finland's intel agency: Russia using migrants at border as pressure, but not embedding spies.",
  "url": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20081003"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI",
  "Date": "26-Mar-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": " Excellent ??Finnish 2024 Security report.  ",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20081003 and https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/165723/VN_2024_35.pdf",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": " Excellent ??Finnish 2024 Security report",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}