At the time we didn't make any satisfactory progress, but...

At the time we didn't make any satisfactory progress, but we at the Foreign Ministry, Interior Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office are in constant dialogue with Russia. The President and President Putin are also in regular phone contact. We're in the kind of situation where things can't continue or worsen. If we don't go forward by negotiating then it will be time for harsher measures. There are human traffickers and people smugglers, organised activities. The President even spoke of escorts and queues. Everything suggests that it is illegal organised immigration and it should be stopped.

Timo Soini

Soini on organized crime behind Russian borders, quoted on Yle.Fi, "Foreign Minister Soini: Organised crime behind Russian border crossings", February 22, 2016