Russia seeks protest ban outside Helsinki embassy during Finnish election
Russia asked Finland to ban demonstrations outside its Helsinki embassy during its parliamentary election, proposing heightened security and a temporary ban on Sept. 20; Finland says protests aren’t pre-banned. The move follows Moscow’s domestic political tensions and Finland’s sizable Russian-speaking population, with protests having occurred outside the mission in 2024 and amid Russia’s exclusion of the Yabloko party from this year’s vote.
