The Finnish president is against dual citizenship for Russians

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has spoken out against issuing Finnish passports to citizens of countries where dual citizenship is not recognized. This includes the Russians.
Niinistö noted that the issue was raised as early as 2013. "Back then, I proposed to move to reciprocity, that is, to grant citizenship only to people from countries that mutually recognize the dual citizenship of Finns who went there. Russia did not recognizes dual citizenship," the current Finnish president emphasized on Radio Suomi.
In November of last year, one of the leaders in the presidential race in Finland, Pekka Haavisto, came up with an initiative to refuse to issue dual citizenship to Russians. His main argument is the non-recognition of second citizenship status. Like the US, Russia does not prohibit the possession of passports of other countries along with the Russian one, but the authorities recognize such people as citizens of their own country only.
Finland has recognized a second passport since 2003, including with the Russian Federation, despite the lack of a corresponding agreement between the countries. As of 2023, 36,000 residents of Finland have both Finnish and Russian citizenship./BGNES