Finland arrested real estate and land plots of the editor-in-chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets, 73-year-old Pavel Gusev. This is reported by the Finnish edition of Yle..

Russian propagandist's property seized for supporting Kremlin policy.

Gusev, 73, owns a summer house and nearly 20 hectares of land in Janakkala, in the Kanta-Hame region, with his ex-wife, according to Finnish media.. Gusev bought a summer residence in Yanakkala back in 2003.

The order of the bailiff service restricts the right to sell or otherwise dispose of property.

According to another Finnish publication, the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, for the first time in history, a ban was imposed in Finland on transactions with the assets of a person included in the EU sanctions list..

Earlier, Moskovsky Komsomolets came under EU sanctions.. According to the EU, the publication supports the narrative and actions of the Kremlin. Gusev is considered a confidant and supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In Ukraine, sanctions against Moskovsky Komsomolets were introduced back in August 2021 by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council.

Recall that after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the collective West, led by the United States and with the active participation of the European Union, Great Britain, Australia and Canada, brought down unprecedented sanctions on Moscow, including the disconnection of some Russian banks from the SWIFT international payment system.. The EU has already agreed on five packages of "