Finland got involved in the Ukraine and Russia crisis. Finland had confiscated Russian artworks under customs control. The Russian government demanded the return of his works, worth $ 46 million. However, Finland has said that it will not return the artifacts. As the severity of the situation, which caused the diplomatic crisis, increased, Finland took a step back.
Triggering yet another worldwide crisis, Finland took a step back. It is not yet clear why the Finnish government retracted its decision to return Russian artworks. But first of all, Finland’s stance scared European countries!
FINLAND seizes Russian artifacts!
Russian government paintings, sculptures and containers containing many other ancient artifacts were kept at Finnish customs. In the face of this hold, which caused a serious diplomatic crisis, the Russian government accused Finland of stealing.
About the 46 million dollar artifacts, Russian senator Sergey Tsekov said, “Obviously, not only the European Union and NATO , but the whole European mind lost,” he said. Finland, which announced that it would not return the works taken from Italy and Japan to Russia, caused a new crisis. )
