A Finnish citizen who was fired from her job twice for supporting the Russian Federation asked for a residence permit in Russia

Finnish citizen Sally Rayski, born in 1992, has asked for political asylum in Russia due to persecution in her homeland for her pro-Russian position. She told Izvestia about this on October 6.

According to Rayski, since 2014, while living in Europe, she has actively and openly supported the course of the Russian Federation. In 2022, after posting the relevant videos, she was fired from her job, leaving her without a salary. Later, the woman began receiving open threats, and she decided to move from Finland to St. Petersburg, where her maternal grandparents live.

"I went into the store, they (the Finns. — Ed.) they hear my Russian accent, their face immediately changes. They didn't want to serve me. In Helsinki, I was sitting in a cafe, just talking to my mom on the phone and with my grandmother, and then I listened more, I had headphones. An elderly man just came up to me, and he said, like, "ryssa," which is a Russian word for "leave the country" in Finland. I tell him, I'm Finnish, I speak six languages, I have to speak the language I want to speak," the woman said.

In Russia, Rayski is currently trying to obtain a residence permit (residence permit). The woman said that she tried to promote Russia's position in the Ukrainian conflict in Finland and explain at support actions that NATO is an enemy that uses Ukraine. The first time she was fired from her job was in 2023 for a recorded video on TikTok where she crossed out the word NATO. At another job, because of her pro-Russian position, Sally faced harassment in a team whose members tried to provoke her with malicious comments about Russia. In addition, the Finnish authorities refuse to pay

"I am for friendly relations, I love my country, I am a patriot of Finland. We had so many positive elements, but we destroyed them in three years," she said.

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In August, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reported that many Western citizens were applying for documents to move to Russia. According to the diplomat, the Russian Foreign Ministry is actively involved in interdepartmental work to implement the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on providing humanitarian support to people who share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.

Ambassador to Oslo Nikolai Korchunov said on June 27 that the Russian Embassy in Norway quite often receives applications from foreigners who wish to move to Russia. According to him, not only Norwegians apply to the embassy, but also citizens of other countries who live in the country.

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