Russia terminates agreement on cross-border cooperation with Finland

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decision to terminate the agreement on the improvement of border cooperation with Finland, and the corresponding document was published on the website of the official page of legal acts.

Премьер-министр РФ Михаил Мишустин подписал распоряжение об остановке действия соглашения между Россией и Финляндией о содействии приграничному сотрудничеству. Документ опубликован на портале правовой информации. Отмечается, что соглашение между правительством России и правительством Финляндской Республики было подписано 13 апреля 2012 года. Согласно документу страны содействовали «укреплению и развитию приграничного сотрудничества на основе рав…

Russia terminates agreement on cross-border cooperation with Finland

The Russian Foreign Ministry has been instructed to notify the other party of the decision

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order terminating the agreement on cross-border cooperation with Finland. RIA Novosti, 20.10.2023

The bilateral agreement was signed in Helsinki in April 2012, according to the official note published on the portal. Finland has traditionally maintained a privileged relationship with the Kremlin since the time of the Soviet Union, whose leaders regularly visited the neighboring country. Also in August 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin made one of his last official visits to Western countries in that country. The Russian invasion of Ukrai…

The Russian prime minister reportedly signed an order to terminate the border agreement between Russia and Finland. Russia will terminate the Finnish-Russian cross-border cooperation agreement, Russian news agencies Tass and Interfax reported. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin reportedly signed an order on Friday to terminate an agreement to promote cross-border cooperation between Russia and Finland.