MFA of Finland asked in a persistent form explanations on the "black list" of the USA

Washington is obliged to submit Helsinki legitimate justification that Finnish citizens are included in the sanction list of the United States, announced on Thursday night the U.S. Treasury. About it in the explanation of the Last news said the Director of the legal Department of the foreign Ministry of Finland, has since been replaced by Kaukoranta.

"in truth, We took the data in that a bit of physical and legal entities of Finland were included in the sanctions list of the USA, which was posted Thursday night. Our Ministry has hopes (USA) will provide an explanation on what basis the citizens of Finland have been included in this list, " - said the head of the Finnish office, responding to a question.

"We maintain contacts with the American side on this issue," she added.

before the Ministry of Finance of the USA has informed on introduction of sanctions concerning eleven physical and fifteen legal entities. Among the participants of the list, for example, Russian businessman Roman Rotenberg, who, as indicated, there is a " citizenship of the Russian Federation and Finland, the son of former President of Ukraine Oleksandr Yanukovych. The list also got Izhevsk mechanical plant, the concern " Izhmash ", the number of trade ports in Crimea, "daughter" VEB and Rosneft.

in addition, the black list also included Airfix Aviation, having, according to the information of the Ministry of Finance of the USA, offices in Finland and Switzerland


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