People have come to the journalist before with complaints of harassment, and the other day he received an SMS from a Russian-speaking family who wants to move to Russia.
Heiskanen decided to contact the State Duma to find out how to support them and others.
He spoke about the “Russophobic heart attack” that occurred during the Winter Games in Lahti - then flags of different countries, including Russian ones, appeared on the streets.
Even native Finns are being bullied if they express their point of view about “terrible Russia” and do not echo the theses of the local media, the journalist added.
On March 1, Alexander Stubb took office as President of Finland, who claimed that he would not maintain political relations with the Russian leadership if he won the elections.