Lavrov spoke about Finland’s neutral status being trampled upon

Finland has destroyed its neutral status, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a press conference following negotiations with Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar.

Lavrov noted that Finland “joined” the US anti-Russian “project” with great speed and “with pleasure” is carrying out the “prepared work.”

He also called “absolutely boorish” the statement of the HEAD of the Finnish Foreign Ministry, Elina Valtonen, that Russian citizens should “pay” for “waging war.”

“Finland is moving by leaps and bounds to the forefront of the anti-Russian, Russophobic, racist campaign of the West,” said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

On September 25, Valtonen admitted in an interview with The Washington Post that sanctions against RUSSIA harm “normal” citizens. At the same time, she noted that in Russia there is “an abnormal democracy” and “people really cannot choose.” However, the Russian people understand that “there is simply a price to pay for waging such an unjust and illegal war,” Valtonen said.

The words of the head of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred to the ban imposed by Finland on September 16 on entry into the country for cars with Russian license plates. Now only EU citizens and members of their families permanently residing in Russia, as well as diplomats, will be able to enter the country in a Russian car . The restriction does not apply to cases where entry is necessary for humanitarian reasons.

Valtonen also stated the West’s hopes that Russia, after the end of the conflict in Ukraine , “will open up to civil society and become a normal democracy.” The worst outcome would be if Russia remains as it is, Valtonen explained.