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
Countries
Fax
- +358 9 160 556 21
- ITA-10@formin.fi

Niklas Lindqvist
Director
- +358 295 351 517

Tiina Hirvonen
Special assignment
Political Affairs
Johanna Birkstedt
Team Leader
- +358 295 351 817
Outi Isotalo
Desk Officer
EU-Russia
Toivo Martikainen
Desk Officer
EU-Russia
- +358 295 350 310
Pekka Vasara
Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 523
Bilateral and Commercial and Economic Relations

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

Pasi Kokkonen
Desk Officer
- +358 50 470 1142
Vesa Nevalainen
Administrative Officer
- +358 295 350 704
Regional Cooperation
Jatta Jämsén
Team Leader
- +358 295 350 378
Jari Vilén
Senior Adviser
Ambassador for Barents and Northern Dimension
- +358 295 350 381
Anita Koivuselkä
Specialist
- +358 295 351 466
Leniitta Soini Billstam
Assistant Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 437
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@formin.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.