{"id":1464778,"date":"2026-11-12T18:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russian-athletes-will-not-be-allowed-into-finland-even-in-neutral-status\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T18:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:30:25","slug":"russian-athletes-will-not-be-allowed-into-finland-even-in-neutral-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russian-athletes-will-not-be-allowed-into-finland-even-in-neutral-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian athletes will not be allowed into Finland even in neutral status"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finland is tightening entry restrictions on Russian citizens, including professional athletes. The new rules will come into effect on November 16 and will even apply to Russians competing in international competitions as neutrals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was reported<\/a> by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland.<\/p>\n

The government has decided to restrict short-term work visas, including participation in professional sports competitions. Finnish authorities believe that the entry of Russian citizens for such purposes poses a threat to the country’s international relations.<\/p>\n

“As long as Russia’s aggressive war continues, Russian athletes have no business in Finland. Their entry into the country would pose a threat to Finland’s international relations,” said Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen.<\/p>\n

The restrictions will apply regardless of the country from which the Russian citizen comes. Only Russians whose activities are important for the country’s national interests will be allowed to work in Finland on a Schengen visa.<\/p>\n

The decision was made on the eve of major sporting events. In particular, the Grand Prix stage of figure skating is scheduled for November 20-21 in Finland, and in March 2027 the country will host the World Championships in this sport.<\/p>\n

The International Skating Union (ISU) responded to the Finnish authorities’ decision. The federation said it was studying the possible consequences for the competition and had asked Finnish sports organizations for additional clarification.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ISU believes that athletes should not be punished for the actions of their governments in a world where, unfortunately, many conflicts continue,\u201d the organization said.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the Finnish authorities emphasize that Russia is using sports as a tool for propaganda and promoting the goals of the war against Ukraine. That is why the restrictions will also apply to athletes admitted to international tournaments in neutral status.<\/p>\n

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Finland is tightening entry restrictions on Russian citizens, including professional athletes. The new rules will come into effect on November 16 and will even apply to Russians competing in international competitions as neutrals. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. The government has decided to restrict short-term work visas, including participation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1464761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76895,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1464778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1464761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}