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Should Finnish citizens who also have the citizenship of the enemy during a war have a duty to fight against their other country of citizenship

They do; the Constitution doesn't make exceptions for dual nationals: https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1999/19990731#a731-1999

The Finnish ...

That's obsolete information.

This was reaffirmed until the ratification of the Sixth Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, which never happened.

Last year Russia withdrew from the Council of Europe before they would have been expelled, the European Convention on Human Rights ...

That's not true.

In practice, it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Russia?oldformat=true
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Russia, but is not used due to a moratorium and no death sentences or executions have occurred since 2 August 1996. Russia has a ...

There is no death penalty in Russia,

That's not true.

In practice, it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Russia?oldformat=true
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Russia, but is not used due to a moratorium and no death sentences or executions have occurred since 2 ...

currently dual-citizen Finnish men visiting their relatives in Russia when the border closes at the start of the next war between Finland and Russia might end up with a legal obligation to fight against Finland.

There is already a legal way to revoke your citizenship for treason, in this ...

The point is probably to not have Russian citizens having dual-citizenship. Like "pick a side".
Nepal, Japan, Indonesia and a few other countries don't allow double-citizenship either, so their citizens either choose to lose their native citizenship or just live forever abroad on a permanent ...

Wtf would be the point of this? And do they realize they will be shooting themselves in the foot? Lots of “native” Finns have dual citizenships.


The point is probably to not have Russian citizens having dual-citizenship. Like "pick a side".
Nepal, Japan, Indonesia and a few other countries ...

SUPO has been doing random chats with citizenship applicants for past twenty years. And a number of Russians had such chats and got their decisions fast still. Even nowadays.


Is this just your opinion or estimation or what? Because I don't believe this.

SUPO has historically stayed ...

I don't think you have a case unfortunately. As a driver, you're expected to be going at a speed where you are able to keep control of the vehicle, even if the speed limit is higher. If you lost control of the car, it will be deemed that you were driving too fast for the conditions.

How are you gonna deal with tenants' requests (for which you're legally liable) while you're away?


Other things such as maintenance, if this is an apartment, the caretaker (isännöitsijä) will handle it, including e.g. plumbing or electricity failures etc. Other things like home improvement ...

Only you know your situation. It is anyone's guess what will happen with the economy, employment, house prices etc etc anytime soon. Low interest rates have been pushing the prices upwards for a while. Now, many people have overleveraged themselves with low Euribor and now are suffering dearly and ...

Tried to buy new tickets before the old one expired yesterday, the app would not refresh. Did not want to take a chance so had to step back, wait for the ticket to expire and then buy it.


Why would you want to do that? You're allowed to continue your journey if your ticket expires in the ...

Tried to buy new tickets before the old one expired yesterday, the app would not refresh. Did not want to take a chance so had to step back, wait for the ticket to expire and then buy it.


Why would you want to do that? You're allowed to continue your journey if your ticket expires in the middle ...

My monthly fee with Nordea is 4,50e: https://www.nordea.fi/en/personal/our-s ... ckage.html They have official service in English as well.

edit: sorry, assumed that you were talking about HSL area since you didn't specify the city. In Helsinki there is no need to validate your ticket at the machine.