Finland initiated an investigation into the abduction of a child from Russia.

Central Criminal Police of Finland initiated an investigation into the exportation of five Anton Salonen from Russia. The investigation will determine what role in the incident played a former Consul of Finland in St. Petersburg Simo Pietilyaynen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia declared persona non grata. On Tuesday reported RIA Novosti.
In early June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Officer Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg Pietilyaynen violated Russian laws, as well as the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic and Consular Relations. After that, the diplomat was dismissed from his post.
The Russian side has decided to impose sanctions in relation to Pietilyaynenu after it was established that in April, he helped the citizen of Finland Paavo Salonenu illegally removed from the Russia of his son Anthony, a dual - Russian and Finnish - nationality. Reported that the diplomat, moved across the border Salonen and his child in the trunk of his car.
May 15, UPC Russia initiated a criminal case against Salonen, who is accused of in a perfect conspiracy prior to the abduction of a minor. According to the investigation, he took his son to Finland without the consent of his wife Rima Salonen, who was in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Consul General of Finland in St. Petersburg Olli Perheentupa and head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb stated that they did not see anything illegal actions Salonen. According to the Finnish side, Salonen had the right to remove a child from Russia because he is a citizen of Finland.
Despite the fact that the actions we do not have criticized in his homeland, the involvement of a diplomat Simo Pietilyaynena in this case were convicted Finnish presidency. Also negatively on Pietilyaynene praised the Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin. He said that the diplomat's action undermined the trust relationship between the two countries and advised Pietilyaynenu go to church.
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation takes up the clarification of the circumstances of what happened, to determine whether Pietilyaynen had violated the laws of the country, helping Salonenu. What punishment could face a former member of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg, still unknown.