Finland issues official note to Russia over embassy incident

The Finnish Foreign Ministry has sent an official note to the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding damage inflicted on the fence of the Finnish embassy in Moscow.

“The fence of the Finnish embassy was defaced with graffiti in Swedish reading ‘Åland Islands are ours’ and the embassy grounds were pelted with eggs,” Finland's Ambassador to Russia Marja Liivala said, Caliber.Az reports per Russian media. 

Liivala noted that the police swiftly apprehended five perpetrators. Proceeding from the published photographs, the graffiti covers at least three sections of the brick fence surrounding the embassy.

The ambassador added that the Finnish Foreign Ministry sent a note regarding this incident to the Russian Foreign Ministry on November 2.

By Naila Huseynova