The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the information and said that the act did not cause any personal or material damage to the embassy.
Unknown masked men threw bricks into the grounds of the Finnish embassy in Moscow. The first thing to tell about Telegram channel (you move to another service) called “Oper pishet” (“The police say”), which also shared a video of the attack.
The Telegram channel claims that the attack would be a response to “numerous provocations that have targeted Russian diplomatic targets in Finland”. According to the claim, since November, unknown persons had thrown road signs and stones in the territory of the Russian embassies, and surveillance cameras had been turned on in the parking areas.
According to the Telegram channel, the events in Moscow would have been a response to “Finland’s unfriendly actions”.
The news does not say in more detail when the alleged leka attack would have taken place.
Several Russian media, e.g. Komsomolkaya Pravda (you move to another service) and Moskovski Komsomolets (you move to another service) -Magazines, have reported the news. MSK1.RU (you switch to another service) according to the news service, Moscow police are not aware of the attack.
The Finnish Embassy in Moscow advised to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. The ministry confirmed the information about the events to Novosti.
– Bricks were thrown into the front yard of the Finnish embassy in Moscow today around 12 noon local time. The act did not cause any personal or material damage to the embassy, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ communication.