Finland to ban Russian nationals from buying property: minister
By AFP
February 07, 2025
HELSINKI: Finland´s government on Thursday proposed a ban on property purchases by nationals from countries that initiate wars, meaning in practice that real estate transactions by Russian citizens will be restricted.
It recommended that “persons whose country of nationality is waging a war of aggression and may pose a threat to Finland´s national security” would not be permitted to buy real estate there. “The government has just decided to submit a proposal to parliament to ban real estate transactions by Russians in Finland,” Finnish Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen told a press conference. —AFP
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