Niinistö: Russia closing Finnish consulate in St. Petersburg opens “new dimension”

PRESIDENT Sauli Niinistö says Russia has opened a new dimension by shutting down the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg.

“We’ve known that many other countries have had pretty similar experiences in St. Petersburg. It wasn’t a unique surprise in that regard. But the fact that it came in this particular context was of course [a surprise],” he commented by phone to STT on Saturday.