Event a9ecb9ed-56fd-45b7-b57e-841fc40edb1d

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Finland

Source: https://yle.fi/a/74-20104223

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Finland drafting bill to prevent Russian citizens buying Finnish properties, Defence Minister says

Short Summary: Finland drafts law to restrict Russian purchases of property over security risks after multiple suspicious attempts in past months.

Description

The Finnish Ministry of Defence is preparing draft legislation to restrict the sale of real estate to Russian citizens, following several suspicious attempts to purchase Finnish property in recent months. The Defence Minister stated the ministry has blocked such transactions out of national security concerns.

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The Defence Ministry has stepped in to block several suspicious attempts to purchase Finnish real estate over the past six months, Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP) said.

Häkkänen noted that the ministry has intervened in several similar attempts by Russian nationals to buy properties in Finland over the past six months, where the buyer's background raised concerns about the potential for subversion.

The buyers were either Russian citizens or dual Russian nationals, and the ministry suspects they had links to the Russian government or organized crime groups.

For example, Russian national and aircraft manufacturer Igor Kolesov, who is accused of having links to the Russian security services FSB, was able to successfully obtain land in the Särkisalo island region, located about 100km from the Finnish-Russian border.

Source

https://yle.fi/a/74-20104223