芬兰收紧俄罗斯运动员签证：11月16日起短期工作签证只批国家利益所必需的活动，体育不在其内，中立运动员同样受限
芬兰政府11月12日通过一项决议，收紧俄罗斯公民持短期申根签证在芬兰工作的入境条件：自11月16日起，此类签证原则上只批给被认定对芬兰国家利益必不可少的活动，职业体育不在此列。路透社报道说，新规同样适用于以中立身份参赛的俄罗斯运动员，也就是说，即使国际单项联合会允许他们参赛，他们也可能拿不到进入芬兰的签证。
芬兰外长 Elina Valtonen 在声明中说：「只要俄罗斯的侵略战争继续，俄罗斯运动员在芬兰就没有立足之地。他们的入境会危及芬兰的国际关系。」芬兰与俄罗斯有约1340公里边境，自2022年全面入侵以来，芬兰对俄罗斯公民的入境一直执行严格限制。
新规生效后首先受影响的是冬季赛事。芬兰北部的卢卡（Ruka）将于11月27日至29日举办越野滑雪世界杯揭幕战，包括男女10公里传统技术、传统技术短距离与20公里自由技术集体出发。国际滑雪和单板滑雪联合会（FIS）允许俄罗斯与白俄罗斯运动员在不使用国家标志、签署中立声明的条件下参加个人项目，但其规则同时写明，主办国的签证与入境政策由主办国自行决定。芬兰还将于2027年3月在坦佩雷举办花样滑冰世锦赛，国际滑冰联盟（ISU）表示，正在研究芬兰这一决定对赛事的影响。
挪威政府在芬兰宣布数小时后也宣布了类似措施，禁止俄罗斯与白俄罗斯职业运动员及其保障人员入境参赛，本站已有报道，见关联稿。波兰外交部此前也告诉路透社，将拒绝给俄罗斯跳台滑雪运动员发放参加12月与明年1月在波兰举行世界杯赛事的签证。
关联：挪威政府11月12日宣布禁止俄罗斯与白俄罗斯运动员入境参赛：若入境参赛将被驱逐，11月20日至22日利勒哈默尔跳台滑雪世界杯揭幕战受影响
Finland Tightens Visas for Russian Athletes: From November 16 Short-Term Work Visas Cover Only Activities Essential to the National Interest, Sport Excluded, Neutrals Included
Finland's government adopted a resolution on November 12 tightening the entry rules for Russian citizens working in Finland on short-term Schengen visas: from November 16, such visas will generally be granted only for activities considered essential to the country's national interests, and professional sport does not qualify. Reuters reported that the restrictions also cover Russian athletes competing under neutral status, meaning that even competitors cleared by international federations may be unable to obtain a visa to enter Finland.
“As long as Russia's war of aggression continues, Russian athletes have no business in Finland. Their entry would endanger Finland's international relations,” Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said in a statement. Finland shares a roughly 1,340-kilometre border with Russia and has maintained strict entry restrictions on Russian citizens since the full-scale invasion began in 2022.
The first events affected are on the winter calendar. Ruka, in northern Finland, hosts the cross-country skiing World Cup opener from November 27 to 29, with men's and women's 10km classic races, classic sprints and 20km freestyle mass starts. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) allows Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete individually under neutral conditions, without national symbols and with a signed neutrality declaration, but its rules state that host-country visa and entry policies remain a matter for the host country. Finland is also due to host the World Figure Skating Championships in Tampere in March 2027, and the International Skating Union (ISU) said it was studying the implications of the Finnish decision.
Norway announced similar measures hours after Finland, barring Russian and Belarusian professional athletes and their support staff, as GSM reported earlier; the story is linked below. Poland's foreign ministry has also told Reuters it would refuse visas to Russian ski jumpers for World Cup events in Poland in December and January.
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图片来源：图：芬兰卢卡（Ruka）的国际跳台滑雪场，卢卡将于11月27日至29日举办越野滑雪世界杯揭幕战（资料图）。Heather Sunderland 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The international ski jumping hill at Ruka, Finland, which hosts the cross-country skiing World Cup opener on November 27-29 (file photo). Photo by Heather Sunderland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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