HS analysis|According to Supo, Russia’s lobbying efforts are determined rather than skilled, and lobbying is done as a “tick the box” type of official work, writes Hanna Mahlamäki, head of HS’s policy department.
Sebastian Tynkkynen at the election supervisors of the basic Finns of the European elections in Helsinki in June.
Hanna Mahlamäki HS
Fresh MEP Sebastian Tynkkynen (ps) defended his trip to Russia over the weekend by saying that he gathered information about Russia’s goals for the protection police (Supo). Tynkkynen visited Tver, Russia in 2016 as the chairman of the fundamental Finnish youth organization. Other youth politicians had been invited to the Arctic camp.
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