Russia has frozen Finland’s embassy bank accounts – Finnish FM

Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said Wednesday that Russia had frozen in late April the bank accounts of its embassy in Moscow and consulate in St. Petersburg. “The accounts of the Finnish missions in Russia are frozen and cannot be used at the moment,” Haavisto told a press conference, adding that Finland had been in contact with Russian authorities. “A note was sent to Russia on this issue. Russia has not yet given an official explanation why the accounts have been frozen,” Haavisto said. The foreign minister noted that Finland had not frozen the accounts of Russian diplomatic missions in Finland.