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Finland: Real estate may no longer secure visas for Russians

FILE - Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Prague Congress Center in Prague, Czech Republic, on Aug. 31, 2022. Finland on Thursday Sept. 1, 2022 slashed the number of visas issued to Russian citizens to a tenth of the regular amount in a move seen as a show of solidarity with Ukraine. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) FILE - Incoming traffic to Finland at the Nuijamaa border station in between Finland and Russia in Lappeenranta, Finland, on March 17, 2020 at time of a rare closure due to COVID-19. Finland on Thursday Sept. 1, 2022 slashed the number of visas issued to Russian citizens to a tenth of the regular amount in a move seen as a show of solidarity with Ukraine. (Lauri Heino/Lehtikuva via AP, File)