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Apr 9 / 5:46am

Finland top among Russian tourists

by Kerkko Paananen

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Finland expects to receive a record number of Russian tourists in summer 2011. "Russia's GDP growth was 4% in 2010 and is expected to reach 4.5% in 2011. This can be seen in traffic, tourism, and shopping tours," Finland's ambassador to Moscow, Matti Anttonen, says.

The number of trips Russians made abroad increased by more than 30% in 2010. The most popular destination was Finland, with 3.3 million visits by Russian tourists. Turkey came in second with around 3 million visits, and Egypt was third with around 2.5 million visits in 2010.

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Jan 19 / 11:49pm

Putin-Jugend boss persona non grata in EU

by Kerkko Paananen
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Vasily Yakemenko, head of Russia's Federal Agency on Youth Affairs (RosMolodezh) and former Federal Comissar of the Putinist youth movement, Nashi, was refused a visa to Italy. Yakemenko was declared persona non grata in Estonia in 2007 due to his role as the main organiser of the Nashi blockade of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow. Yakemenko is thus barred from entry in the entire Schengen Zone. Interestingly, Italy could have granted Yakemenko a national visa, but did not.

http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=4B52F68B857E1

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