“Today we decided to start preparing a national decision on how we can limit or completely prevent this tourist flow, and this national decision may include a new law that will be passed very quickly, or an interpretation of existing rules,” the newspaper lltalehti quoted him as saying.

Earlier it became known that Finland proposed to the European Union to include tourist visas in the scope of EU sanctions.

In addition, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö proposed to deprive Russians who own real estate in the country of benefits when applying for visas.