Helsinki's decision to close four of the country's nine border crossings with Russia to stem the flow of undocumented migrants and refugees into Finland is impacting residents with relatives in Russia. At a protest in the capital, people raised concerns about a new 'Iron Curtain'.
  • gribodyr@lemmy.mlEnglish
    811·
    10 months ago

    I think they should rather protest in front of their embassy to stop the war in Ukraine.

    • rammer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      211·
      10 months ago

      The Finnish group that supports democracy in Russia is planning such a protest. Which is good. But too little too late.

      Although the fact that in this protest they used flags of the Russian president tells you who is actually behind it.

  • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    415·
    10 months ago

    Dual-national Helsinki resident, Vera Ponamoreva said she was worried she wouldn’t be able to care for her elderly parents living in Saint Petersburg.

    What a heartbreaking story…I wonder if this is a real situation or just told for its effect, because If I would really care for my elderly parents on a usual basis I would move myself or them somewhere closer so it would not require a nearly 5 hour ride by car to ‘care for them’.

    Go protest at the Russian embassy, their country fucked up big time, not Finland!

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    233·
    10 months ago

    Sucks to suck, and Russia sucks hard. If you don’t like it I’m sure there are ways you could go back to Russia. They’re always looking for more canon fodder.

  • LEDZeppelin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    10 months ago

    We all know how Russian community in Ukraine felt when some Russian soldiers came to their town on “vacation”

  • letsgo@lemm.eeEnglish
    93·
    10 months ago

    Finland’s russian community need to have a good think about what happened to Ukraine’s russian community. Then either shut up or fuck off back to russia. I’m sure Finland would be happy to pay for a one-way ticket to the russian shithole of their choice and three months’ rent to get them started, given the alternative cost of putin deciding the Finnish russians need “liberating” from “nazis”.

  • Terr@lemmy.mlEnglish
    52·
    10 months ago

    That’s how you know it’s an effective action!

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    31·
    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Several hundred protesters, including Russians living in Finland and dual-nationals, chanted “open the borders” at a demonstration outside the parliament in Helsinki on Saturday after some crossing checkpoints with Russia were closed on Friday midnight.

    Dual-national Helsinki resident, Vera Ponamoreva said she was worried she wouldn’t be able to care for her elderly parents living in Saint Petersburg.

    Another dual-national, Pavel Myakinen said he was concerned that his mother wouldn’t be able to visit him, as driving through open crossing points in Finland’s north will make for a long and expensive journey.

    He added that there were small groups of migrants on the Russian side, but they were not admitted as the border crossing points were closed.

    The Finland-Russia land border that serves as the European Union’s external frontier runs 1,340 kilometres, mostly through thick forests in the south, to the rugged landscape in the Arctic north.

    Helsinki accuses Moscow of ‘‘funneling’’ migrants to its crossings, in response to the country’s strengthening defence ties with the United States.

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  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    10 months ago

    It can’t be a great position that nation is in. I imagine they are torn between wanting to help and fear of what might happen. Whatever they ultimately settle on I hope it offers them security and offers humanitarian aid.