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Finland will temporarily close the branch of the Consulate General in Murmansk, a correspondent reports. DOPs with reference to RIA News”.
The Foreign Ministry of Finland announced the decision to temporarily close the Murmansk representative office, which operates at the Consulate General in St. Petersburg.
The department believes that now Finland does not need a representative office in Murmansk due to a significant reduction in the main tasks of the representative office.
Recall that relations between the West and Russia have become complicated due to the situation around Ukraine.
For example, in the spring of 2022, the Prime Minister of Finland spoke out for tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation.