The kidnapped Russian boy Anton Salonen’s mother Rimma Salonen is running for Finnish parliament in April elections. Rimma Salonen has both Russian and Finnish citizenship.
Anton Salonen was kidnapped from his mother in Russia and smuggled to Finland in the trunk of the Finnish diplomat’s car. Rimma Salonen followed her son, but in Finland she was arrested and found guilty. Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb passed the guilty verdict even before any charges were brought up against Rimma Salonen.
For almost 2 years Anton and his mother have been practically separated from each other and for more than a year they were prohibited to speak their native language – Russian.
According to Russian media Rimma Salonen represents the opposition to the forces mostly associated with Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb that promote anti-Russian policy in Finland.
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