Finnish public radio YLE, during a special investigation, reported that “the country’s former president (2012-2020) Tarja Halonen and three heads of government used aircraft owned by Russian companies between 2007 and 2011 through companies abroad.”
She noted that “from 2007 to 2011, the Supreme High Command used Russian aircraft at least 12 times. In addition to President Tarja Halonen, they were used by Matti Vanhanen (former prime minister from 2003 to 2010, now speaker of parliament). ), Mary Kiviniemi (Prime Minister 2010-2011) and Yorki Katainen (Prime Minister 2011-2014) during his tenure as prime minister.
The company is Jetflite Oy, which provides air transportation services on private jets. Journalists claim that part of the aircraft belonged to Russian companies through foreign companies, and Jetflite Oy operated these aircraft and supplied them to customers, including Finnish politicians.
Source: El Nashra