The Finnish Central Police is investigating four cases of violation of the country's airspace by Russian passenger planes, Report informs citing Kommersant that according to the Finnish police, all incidents lasted up to 2 minutes and occurred in March.
All cases occurred near the town of Loviisa in the Gulf of Finland. The police suspect that this is how Russian planes violated the sanctions imposed by the European Union in response to the military actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
Under Finnish law, sanctions violations can result in a fine or imprisonment of up to two years. In case of serious violation of the restrictions - imprisonment is up to three years.
Finland banned Russian airlines from using its airspace after the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine on February 24.