Event 57

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "FI",
    "RU",
    "FI-RU"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple detailed reports from thread and video/photo evidence of migrants at the Finnish border. Attribution to Russian officials is explicitly stated and sourced.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "An attempted organized influx of illegal migrants, transported by bicycle, was staged at the Finnish-Russian border. This event was reportedly orchestrated at high political levels in Russia and aimed to pressure Finland. Finnish security forces responded swiftly, repelling most illegal crossings and closing all border checkpoints with Russia. The operation drew analogies to Belarusian operations at the Polish border.",
  "event_time_utc": "2023-11-28T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Images and videos in the thread show large groups of migrants and Finnish border officials at the border.",
    "Source: VChK-OGPU Telegram channel as referenced in the thread.",
    "Screenshots show migrants at the border and officials in high-visibility jackets.",
    "Thread cites named Russian officials (Kiriyenko, Kolokoltsev) as orchestrators.",
    "Mentions Finnish government response: closure of border checkpoints with Russia."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The recent bicycle-powered 'migrant invasion' on the Finnish border was reportedly ordered by Russian Presidential Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko and organized by Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev.",
    "They managed to scrape together several hundred migrants, who staged an 'assault' on the Finnish border.",
    "However, the security forces in Finland quickly set their bearing and repelled most of the illegal crossings, and later promptly decided to completely close all checkpoints on the border with Russia.",
    "According to VChK-OGPU, the operation was carried out 'by analogy with the Belarusian experience, when Minsk organized breakthroughs of African refugees across the Belarusian-Polish border.'",
    "\"The recent bicycle-powered 'migrant invasion' on the Finnish border was reportedly ordered by Russian Presidential Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko and organised by Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, but has failed to achieve its apparent objectives.\"",
    "\"The VCHK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that Kiriyenko personally ordered Kolokoltsev to gather illegal immigrants from the Middle East, Africa, etc in all centres for accommodation, refugees and migrants.\"",
    "\"They managed to scrape together several hundred migrants, who staged an 'assault' on the Finnish border.\"",
    "\"The security forces in Finland quickly set their bearings and repelled most of the illegal crossings, and later promptly decided to completely close all checkpoints...\""
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1729420388768120996.html"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Migrants",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Images and videos in the thread show large groups of migrants and Finnish border officials at the border.",
            "Source: VChK-OGPU Telegram channel as referenced in the thread."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "FI",
      "notes": "Finland closed all checkpoints on its border with Russia following the incident.",
      "status": "Official Statement"
    }
  ],
  "follow_up_notes": "??Finland: Migrants. Details on ??operation. \"Failed to achieve objectives\" (Except for ??closing 7/8 border crossings and which raised^100, Hybrid war situation-awareness. ) thread",
  "headline": "The recent bicycle-powered 'migrant invasion' on the Finnish border was reportedly ordered by Russian Presidential Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko and organized by Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, but has failed to achieve its apparent objectives.",
  "is_continuous": false,
  "location_text": "Finnish-Russian border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_57_1763914667_1f2a77c1.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Finland: Migrants. Details on ??operation.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1729420388768120996.html"
  ],
  "url": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1729420388768120996.html"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Migrants",
  "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": "28-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)": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1729420388768120996.html ",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "??Finland: Migrants. Details on ??operation. \"Failed to achieve objectives\" (Except for ??closing 7/8 border crossings and which raised^100, Hybrid war situation-awareness. ) thread",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Finland: Migrants. Details on ??operation. ",
  "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)": ""
}