Porsche, Bentley, Mercedes and other high priced luxurious autos with Russian registration plates are filling the Helsinki airport parking large amount.
Finland has turn out to be an vital transit state for Russian travelers to Europe, as the EU shut its airspace to Russian planes following the invasion of Ukraine.
Quite a few wealthy Russians then get into their vehicles and travel to the Finnish money, as evidenced by the hundreds of Russian-owned luxurious cars and trucks at the airport.
– There are a great deal of Russian holidaymakers at Helsinki airport correct now, notes Overseas Minister Pekka Haavisto.
Finland has introduced that from 1 September it will tighten visa guidelines for Russian vacationers and will only allow just one-tenth of them to enter due to the war in Ukraine.
Russians who use Finland as a transit nation, having said that, have to have a Finnish vacationer visa if they have a visa for other nations in the Schengen region.
According to Finnish border guards, two out of three Russians who arrived in Finland in August experienced visas for other Schengen countries.
– They appear listed here on Schengen visas from other international locations and keep on from Helsinki airport, claims Haavisto.
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