Unit for Russia
The Unit for Russia is responsible for:
- monitoring of the situation in Russia
- bilateral relations between Finland and Russia
- the EU's relations with Russia
- issues in international organisations that are related to Russia
- tasks of the Secretariat of the Finnish-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation
- tasks of the ministerial group of the government on Russian affairs
- ITA-10@formin.fi
Fax
- +358 9 160 556 21
Personnel

Niklas Lindqvist
Director
- +358 295 351 517
Political Affairs
Johanna Birkstedt
Team Leader
- +358 295 351 817
Saara Nikkinen
Desk Officer
EU-Russia
- +358 295 350 747
Kirsi Lipponen
Special assignment
- +358 295 350 774
Bilateral and Commercial and Economic Relations

Kaisa Honka-Hallila
Team Leader
- +358 295 350 109

Pasi Kokkonen
Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 366
Timo Tolvanen
Administrative Officer
Regional cooperation
Jatta Jämsén
Team Leader
- +358 295 350 378

Jari Vilén
Senior Adviser
Ambassador for Barents and Northern Dimension
- +358 295 350 381

Minna Kokkonen
Assistant Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 738

Anita Koivuselkä
Specialist
- +358 295 351 466
Tuomas Sottinen
Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 151
Tiina-Maija Värtö
Trainee
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@formin.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.