The Finnish embassy in Moscow received a letter containing an unknown powder and reported the matter to Russian authorities, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.
Relations between Moscow and Helsinki have deteriorated sharply since Finland formally joined NATO on April 4 and became the 31st member of the USled military alliance. Finland shares a long land border with Russia.
The embassy told the Russian Foreign Ministry that it received three letters on Thursday (13), at least one of which contained a powder.
“We can confirm such an appeal from the Embassy of Finland to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, according to which on the 13th,” she said. . “The Finnish embassy will be informed of the results of the investigation.”
Finland’s decision to join NATO ended seven decades of strategic misalignment that began after the country repelled a Soviet invasion attempt during World War II. In the postwar period, the country chose friendly relations with Moscow.