Dmitri Svištšev will cause difficulties for the Helsinki Hall if the Russians leave the game.
Russia has been shocked by STT’s news that the former Hartwall arena can be used by Russian-Finnish oligarchs.
According to STT, expropriation will probably become possible with the EU’s new sanctions against Russia.
Member of the Russian State Duma Dmitri Svishchev buzzes about it Sport Express in the interview.
– Sanctions to confiscate the property of Russians are illegal. In Europe, private property has been said to be sacred and untouchable. That’s why we have invested there and bought business properties there, Svištšev says.
According to Sviščev, the Helsinki Hall will be in trouble without the Russians.
– They learn to survive without the support of the Finnish government – and also to earn money. International tournaments have been organized there, and a significant part of the victories were related to Russia. I can’t even imagine how they survive now.
The Helsinki hall has been empty since spring 2022. The owners of the hall include Arkadi and Boris Rotenberg mixed Gennady Timochenko are on the EU sanctions list.
According to STT, in the EU’s new sanction preparations, it has been negotiated that sanctioned owners could sell their frozen assets in the future.
If, on the other hand, assets such as the ice rink cannot be made available to the public with favor, the sanction preparations have also outlined a backbone for expropriations.
In any case, if the owner changes, the purchase money would remain frozen.
Dmitri Svishchev was nervous about the EU’s plans. PDO