Putin to visit Finland for Baltic environment protection talks | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will fly on Wednesday to Finland’s capital, Helsinki, to take part in the Baltic Sea Action Summit (BSAS) and discuss bilateral cooperation with Finnish, Lithuanian, Danish and Norwegian top officials, the Kremlin has said.
Baltic Sea environmental issues have been in the focus of Baltic states’ attention over Russia’s plans to build the Nord Stream pipeline, intended to pump gas from Siberia to Europe under the Baltic Sea, bypassing East European transit countries.
The pipeline will pass through the waters of five countries, all of whom have approved the project, although one permit is still required from Finland.”