The Finnish Foreign Ministry reported that they receive about 1,000 visa applications from Russians daily

According to her, after the Russian authorities lifted the coronavirus restrictions, the number of visa applications has increased dramatically.

“Since then, the visa application centers in St. Petersburg and Moscow have been completely filled.

There are about 1,000 applications a day now.

So far, the highest figure for July was last Saturday, when 1,187 applications were received,” Liukkonen told Helsingin Sanomat newspaper.

Earlier, Acting Prime Minister of Finland, Minister for EU Affairs and State Property Tytti Tuppurainen said that the country's authorities do not plan to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians.