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The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Helsinki. [1] There is a consulate general in Turku, and consuls in Mariehamn and Kuusamo. [2] [3] [4] Pavel Kuznetsov was appointed Russian Ambassador to Finland on 14 August 2017. [5]
Map of diplomatic missions in Finland. This article lists diplomatic missions resident in Finland.At present, the capital Helsinki hosts 63 embassies. Several other countries accredit ambassadors from other regional capitals, such as Oslo, Stockholm, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen and Moscow.
In response to Russia forcing the closure of multiple Finnish diplomatic offices, former Finnish ambassador to Moscow, Hannu Himanen, has suggested Finland should close the Russian Åland consulate in the name of diplomatic reciprocity. Himanen stated, "If we want to correct this anomaly of 1940, now would be a very good opportunity" and ...
Finland last month said it was preparing the closure of the consulate in a tit-for-tat move, after Russia expelled nine Finnish diplomats and decided to close Finland's consulate in Saint Petersburg.
Russia established several consulates in the United States and Canada to cater to Russian immigrants. In 1917, the Tsarist government vanished, with a number of consuls who maintained tsarist loyalties establishing the "Council of Ambassadors" ( Russian : Совещания послов ), through which they worked as embassies without a ...
The number of migrants showing up at the Finland-Russia border so far has remained small, with 71 arriving last week, Finnish border authorities said. About half were from Iraq and the rest from ...
From 1980 to 1985, he worked as an employee of the Soviet Embassy in Finland. From 1991 to 1996 he was on a business trip for the second time as an employee of the Russian Embassy in Finland. From 1997 to 1999, he was deputy director of the Second European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Relations between Finland and Russia have been conducted over many centuries, from wars between Sweden and Russia in the early 18th century, to the planned and realized creation and annexation of the Grand Duchy of Finland during Napoleonic times in the early 19th century, to the dissolution of the personal union between Russia and Finland after the forced abdication of Russia's last czar in ...