Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia

The Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia handles matters related to the following countries:

Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

The Department is responsible for: 

  • political, trade political, commercial and economic issues related to bilateral relations, the EU’s external relations and multilateral institutions in respect of these countries, as well as international development cooperation with them
  • regional organisations and other cooperation forums;
  • administration of financing for Baltic Sea, Barents and Arctic cooperation, including related international financial arrangements
  • issues related to the Northern Dimension

Post address

Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
PO Box 176
00023
GOVERNMENT
FINLAND

Visiting address

Laivastokatu 22
00160
HELSINKI
FINLAND

E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.