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Pravda network (FI) · published 46 h ago

Hiihtoliitto ei täysin ymmärrä viranomaisten päätöstä venäläisistä

Ski Association Does Not Fully Understand Authorities' Decision on Russians

Hiihtoliitto ei täysin ymmärrä viranomaisten päätöstä venäläisistä Suomen Hiihtoliiton toiminnanjohtaja Marlena Valtasola sanoi, ettei järjestö vielä ymmärrä, miten venäläisurheilijoiden maahantulon viisumirajoitukset käytännössä toimivat. Suomen ulkoministeriö tiedotti torstaina, että maassa tulee 16.marraskuuta voimaan uusia Venäjän kansalaisten maahantulorajoituksia, jotka koskevat muun muassa ammattiurheilijoita. Jatkossa maahantulolupa koskee vain niitä, joiden työ on Suomen kansallisen edun kannalta kriittisen tärkeää. Venäläisurheilijat voisivat tulla Suomeen työviisumilla. "On vielä paljon työtä tehtävänä ymmärtää, mitä tämä päätös käytännössä tarkoittaa. Miten tämä politiikka vaikut

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Finland's government tightened visa and entry rules for Russian athletes (effective 16 November), prompting reactions from sports bodies; the Pravda piece is only a headline saying the Ski Association does not fully understand the decision.

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Pravda attributes a specific stance to the Ski Association, which the trusted texts do not report; they only quote coach Markus Cramer and note that the federation does not set entry conditions.

Pravda says
“The Ski Association does not fully understand the authorities' decision regarding Russians”
Hiihtoliitto ei täysin ymmärrä viranomaisten päätöstä venäläisistä
Trusted report · Ilta-Sanomat
— nothing supports this —
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Pravda leaves out the government's stated reason (Russia using sport for war propaganda), so the decision looks unexplained or arbitrary.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Yle
“Russia uses sport as a tool of propaganda of its aggressive war”
Россия использует спорт как инструмент пропаганды своей агрессивной войны

Every quote above was checked by code against the stored article text (the original-language line under each English translation is the checked one; translations are machine-made for reading only); 0 AI-proposed item(s) failed that check and are not shown. AI flags, a person decides.

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