Finnish edition Yle with reference to the Etel newspaper-Saimaa reported that in the period from January to July 2022, Russian citizens made 212 real estate transactions in the country. This is almost the same as for the whole of 2021 (222 transactions).
The Russians purchased the largest number of objects this year in South Karelia, near the border of Finland with Russia. The city of Imatra was the most popular among buyers with Russian passports.
Despite the increase in sales, the amount is still far from the record in 2011, when Russian buyers purchased a total of 624 properties in Finland.
Restrictions on entry from Russia to Finland related to the prevention of Covid-19 were relaxed only this summer. During the pandemic, Russians could enter the Nordic country only if there was a valid reason, for example, family ties.
The demand from Russians for real estate in Finland is high, but it will soon become more difficult for them to come to this country on a tourist visa.
From September 1, 2022, Russian citizens will be able to apply for tourist visas to Finland only in four cities in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Petrozavodsk and Murmansk, and only on Mondays, «Interfax with reference to the Finnish Foreign Ministry.No more than 500 applications per day will be accepted.
In August, the Finnish government decided to limit the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians to one tenth of the previous number due to href="//www.homesoverseas.ru/news/Finljandija_planiruet_tschatelno_kontrolirovat_vydachu_viz_rossijanam " target="_blank">concern about the large flow of applications from Russian citizens, many of whom use this direction as a transit route. At the same time, Finland does not plan to suspend the validity of visas already issued to Russians, as Estonia did.
