Event 35

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "FI-RU"
  ],
  "category": "InfoOps",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Direct evidence from social media post with visual documentation of the protest, location confirmed by recognizable Finnish Parliament building, and timestamped by X (Twitter).",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "A group of Russians protested in Finland against the closure of border crossings. The protest was criticized as being self-interested, with commentary noting Russians protest restrictions impacting themselves but not actions of their home country. The protest took place in front of a government building, likely the Finnish Parliament.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-11-18T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Image shows a protest outside the Finnish Parliament building.",
    "Post identifies demonstrators as Russians protesting border crossing closures.",
    "Protest described as being in Finland and timestamped to November 18, 2023.",
    "Screenshot showing video of the protest at the Finnish Parliament.",
    "Text explicitly describing the protest purpose (against border crossing closures)."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Russians, yet again, totally unable to read the room while protesting in Finland against border crossing closures.",
    "There is still no one among them that thinks: 'Doesn't it look bad if we only protest for petty, self-interested stuff that is harmful to our host country's security and with imperialist sentiment while we are never seen protesting against the genocide our own country is responsible for?'",
    "7:10 PM · Nov 18, 2023",
    "There is still no one among them that thinks: 'Doesn’t it look bad if we only protest for petty, self-interested stuff that is harmful to our host country’s security and with imperialist sentiment while we are never seen protesting against the genocide our own country is responsible for?'"
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://x.com/BadBalticTakes/status/1725954668264620202"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Protests Propaganda",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Image shows a protest outside the Finnish Parliament building.",
            "Post identifies demonstrators as Russians protesting border crossing closures.",
            "Protest described as being in Finland and timestamped to November 18, 2023."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "FI"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Russians protest in Helsinki against Finnish-Russian border closures",
  "location_text": "Finnish Parliament, Helsinki, Finland",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "captured_at": "2025-11-23T16:06:12.961881Z",
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "hash": "155cc1997181cad1f28a7880c637569fbb0545b7177e0b3c8219e3d35f07c5ea",
      "mime": "image/jpeg",
      "origin": "restore",
      "size_bytes": 323239,
      "source_url": null,
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_35_1763913972_27eb5c50.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "\"This is the latest take from their chats. \n Khokhol provocators  are to blame Finns don t support russians  desire to keep the border open.\" https://x.com/petite_michelle/status/1725955386740453465",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/BadBalticTakes/status/1725954668264620202"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Russian nationals protested in Helsinki against border closures with Russia. The protest is framed as self-interested and lacking awareness of larger issues.",
  "url": "https://x.com/BadBalticTakes/status/1725954668264620202"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "FI",
  "Attack Type": "Protests Propaganda",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI-RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI",
  "Date": "18-Nov-23",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "\"This is the latest take from their chats. \n Khokhol provocators  are to blame Finns don t support russians  desire to keep the border open.\" https://x.com/petite_michelle/status/1725955386740453465 ",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Protests in Helsinki about border closures.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Russian 5th Column in ??: Russians in Helsinki protest ?? crossing closures. See Video",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": " https://x.com/BadBalticTakes/status/1725954668264620202",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}