Finnish Border Restrictions and International Developments: Latest Updates

2024-01-17 17:05:21

Finnish authorities restricted entry into the country on November 30 Photo: Daria Pona / 74.RU

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Every evening we tell you regarding the main events of the past day related to the special operation. Today we are summing up the results of January 17th.

The Finnish authorities have decided not to open the border with Russia starting from February 11. This was reported by the Finnish publication Ilta-Sanomat, citing a government source.

According to the publication, the government is ready to immediately open the border if Russia stops “its hybrid operation,” but so far Helsinki does not see such a prospect.

The Finnish authorities closed all automobile checkpoints on the border with Russia on November 30. The official reason for the restriction was given to migrants from Africa and the Middle East who crossed the border from Russian territory and sought asylum.

The ban was expected to last until December 14, and Helsinki even opened two border crossings, but the border was soon closed once more due to more than 100 asylum seekers crowding the border checkpoints. Then the restriction was extended until January 11, and then for another month.

On the night of January 17, air defense forces shot down seven drones over the Belgorod region. The head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, spoke regarding this in his telegram channel.

“In the Belgorod region there is damage in the residential sector – the glazing in a residential building was damaged, the roof was damaged, an outbuilding caught fire,” Gladkov wrote. — There was a power outage in one of the villages.

Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense also commented on the attack: according to the department, seven missiles and four UAVs were shot down over the Belgorod region around 02:40 Moscow time.

Turkish banks began to massively refuse to work with Russian financial organizations, Kommersant reports. According to the publication, the situation worsened due to the US Presidential decree on secondary sanctions dated December 22.

Problems between Turkish and Russian banks began at the end of December, and since January 1, money transfers have almost stopped. We are talking regarding both severing correspondent relationships and suspending payment processing without formally closing debts.

The Turkish Exporters’ Assembly confirmed that difficulties began at the end of 2023. The head of the association said that the main problem was inspections by the authorities, but expressed hope that the situation would improve following January.

In Russia, the medicine “Effient” from the American company Eli Lilly began to disappear from pharmacies. The Ministry of Health said that the supply of the drug would last for less than a month, Vedomosti reported.

The department also noted that the American company did not warn regarding stopping supplies of the drug. In turn, the official distributor of Effient in Russia stated that supplies stopped last September, and there are no plans to resume sales in the near future.

“Effient” is prescribed to patients to prevent recurrent myocardial infarction and thrombotic complications; there are no Russian analogues of the drug. Now in most regions of Russia there is already a shortage of the drug.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to prepare support measures for women who lived in a civil marriage with deceased members of the Northern Military District, and for those who have children in common with deceased military personnel.

The head of state made such a proposal during a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights. The list of instructions is published on the Kremlin website.

“Submit proposals on measures to support the wives of persons who died while performing the tasks of a special military operation, and women who did not marry such persons, but lived together with them, ran a common household or have common children,” the government order says.

Support measures include material support, medical assistance, educational opportunities and advanced training.

Canada has banned Russian scientists from receiving federal grants for defense projects. According to the government website, the same ban applies to scientists from some universities in China and Iran.

“While Canadian research is high quality and collaborative, its openness may make it a target for foreign influence,” the report said.

A joint statement from the ministers of innovation, health and public safety also said the order only applies to federal funding.

Finnish authorities restricted entry into the country on November 30 Photo: Daria Pona / 74.RU

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