Finland ready to impose new sanctions against Russia

Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has said that Helsinki is ready to impose new sanctions against Russia if necessary, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday.

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"We do not exclude the imposition of additional sanctions against Russia, if it is necessary," Tuomioja said in an interview with Finnish Broadcasting Corporation Yle.

However, the head of the Finnish Foreign Ministry said that Helsinki at the moment has no clear picture of what is happening in Ukraine.

As reported earlier, on January 12 the EU said that they could toughen sanctions against Russia because of its involvement in the armed conflict in the Donbas.

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