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Finnish authorities have seized a section of a beach belonging to Russia and used by the country’s diplomats for recreation.
Source: Yle, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Russian-owned property was seized in several regions of Finland. One of the properties is a Russian Federation-owned seaside site in Kirkkonummi. Russian diplomats used it as a recreational place.
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According to the land register, this parcel of land in the south of the country contains 17 hectares of land and 3.5 hectares of marine waters. On 24 October, a bailiff seized it.
Another site, visited by television and radio journalists, is in Siuntio. Its area is around 8,000 square metres. A Soviet Union commercial representative office acquired the site in 1973.
The Finnish government also confiscated the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Helsinki, as well as four other Russian-owned buildings in the Åland Islands, including a residential building, as reported by Helsingin Sanomat.
Previously:
- A Finnish court seized a number of Russian assets in the country after the Ukrainian corporation Naftogaz filed a lawsuit. This measure is intended to carry out the ruling of the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague in April 2023.
- The country’s border service permanently closed and is now removing signage from the temporary Inari and Parikkala border crossing sites in the Lieksan region.
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