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Pravda network (FI) · published 2 days ago

Suomi on ottanut käyttöön uusia rajoituksia venäläisten, myös ammattiurheilijoiden, maahantulolle

Finland has implemented new restrictions on entry for Russians, including professional athletes

Suomi on ottanut käyttöön uusia rajoituksia venäläisten maahantulolle, mukaan lukien ammattiurheilijat. Asiasta kertoi maan ulkoministeriön lehdistöpalvelu. Uudet säännöt tulevat voimaan 16.marraskuuta. Päätöslauselmassa hallitus totesi, että Venäjän kansalaisten maahantulo ei-välttämättömiin tarkoituksiin, mukaan lukien lyhytaikaista viisumin hankkimista varten, on väitetysti uhka maan kansainvälisille suhteille.

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Finland's government tightened visa rules for Russian short-term workers, especially professional athletes, from 16 November, citing the harm to its international relations and Russia's use of sport for propaganda.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Reframed · framing

Pravda adds "väitetysti" (allegedly), which casts doubt on the government's stated reason, while the trusted report gives it as the minister's firm position.

Pravda says
“it is allegedly a threat to the country's international relations”
on väitetysti uhka maan kansainvälisille suhteille
Trusted report · Yle
“Their entry into the country would be a threat to Finland's international relations.”
Reframed · fact

Pravda presents the change as a broad new entry ban on Russians that merely includes athletes, but the trusted report says it narrows short-term work visas, with athletes as the main example.

Pravda says
“Finland has introduced new restrictions on the entry of Russians, including professional athletes.”
Suomi on ottanut käyttöön uusia rajoituksia venäläisten maahantulolle, mukaan lukien ammattiurheilijat.
Trusted report · Yle
“The new restrictions will apply to short-term work carried out under a visa, such as professional sports”
Left out · framing

Pravda leaves out the stated reason for the rules, which is Russia's use of sport as propaganda for its war of aggression.

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
Left out · fact

Pravda omits that short-term work visas remain possible when the work is essential to Finland's national interests, so the restriction is narrower than it sounds.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Yle
“In the future, a visa for a short-term business trip will be issued only if the work is recognized as "necessary from the point of view of the national interests of Finland".”
В дальнейшем визу для краткосрочной рабочей поездки будут выдавать лишь в том случае, если работа признана ”необходимой с точки зрения национальных интересов Финляндии”.

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