He said that Helsinki hosted the conference of the European group for the analysis of trade relations, which considered the question of the impact of Russian counter-sanctions on the Finnish economy.

"In the period from 2013 to 2015 Finland monthly lost more than $ 100 million because of declining exports to Russia. Total losses for this period amounted to more than 1.8 billion dollars", — said P. kumpu holiday.

He believes that for the entire period of the sanctions of Finnish exports to Russia suffered losses of more than $3 billion.

This summer the Finnish authorities officially recognized the harm of the sanctions policy for farmers. The Minister of agriculture and the environment agriculture and the environment Kimmo stated that the main reason for the difficult situation in the farms of the country is Russia imposed an embargo on the import of agricultural products from the EU. The Finnish authorities reported that last year, farmers ' incomes from entrepreneurial activity has fallen by approximately 40%. This year, the losses will be not less, I think the Finnish experts.