He stated this in an interview with YLE.

“It is clear that the Itärata project and the activities of its project company must be suspended,” the minister said.

In his opinion, funding from this project should be redirected to the construction of a railway in other directions.

Earlier, Tikkurila, a manufacturer of paints and varnishes from Finland, announced its decision to leave the Russian market.

The newspaper Kauppalehti also spoke about the failed nuclear power plant construction project in Finland with the participation of Russia.