Finnish Debt Collection Authority froze funds of Helsinki-based Russian Science and Culture Center due to EU sanctions. The money was in an account with Nordea Bank. This is reported by the Finnish edition of Kauppelehti..

The publication notes that before the start of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the Russian Center for Science and Culture cooperated with the Finnish-Russian Society, which was largely funded by Finnish taxpayers.. He organizes cultural events and language courses, and, according to his website, promotes "

It is not known how much is.

However, the publication reports that a payment of 153 euros from an individual from Finland was immediately blocked, and the bank is prohibited from making and making any payments from the center's account, except to the bailiff's account..

It is also noted that the decision to freeze funds was made on March 10, but it became known only now..

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Recall that in January it became known that Finland, within the framework of sanctions against the Russian Federation for the invasion of Ukraine, froze 187 million euros of Russian assets. Not real estate, shares, cars, yachts, planes of Russian entrepreneurs.