Finland has pledged to ban Russians from buying property in the country on security grounds

• Finland has pledged to ban most Russians from buying property in the country.
• It comes after a deterioration in relations between the countries, which share a long border.
• Finland has aligned itself more with the West since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Finland is proposing to ban most Russian nationals from buying property there as the two countries' relations continue to deteriorate since the invasion of Ukraine.