Some news from Finland. A russian person I know who was there with there family said the people causing trouble were not Russian, probably from Ukrine trying to blacken the name of Russians

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A scene at the Armory Museum's family day - "Many children there were quite panicked"
The intoxicated foreigners behaved aggressively, so the police were called to retrieve them from the Armored Museum in Parola.
Drunken foreigners disturbed the armor museum's battle display by shouting Russia. READER VIDEO
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Mikael Kaivanto
Today at 9:50 (updated at 115)
At the Parola Armory Museum's family day last Saturday, intoxicated foreigners started shouting Russian battle cries in the middle of the museum display, which led to an incident.

A museum visitor who contacted Iltalehti noticed that foreign men had come to watch the 11 o'clock show, which presented the battle situation between Finland and the Soviet Union on museum equipment.

According to the witness, the men's behavior quickly became disturbing.

- They shouted loudly at Russia and started to argue right away, the eyewitness says.

The men had aggressively tried to seek discord in the museum audience.

In the video shot by the eyewitness, one of the men is waving his hands and shouting in Russian: "Let's go! For Russia!”

The situation calmed down for a while when one foreigner in the museum audience calmed down the troublemakers with hand signals. In the end, orderlies and the police had to intervene in the situation.

- We took the children and left for another place, the eyewitness says.

Later, in an announcement, the museum apologized for the disturbance in the auditorium.

- Many children there were quite panicked after that, the eyewitness describes.


In the Armory Museum's presentation, museum wagons were used to illustrate Finland's defense against the Soviet invasion. Stock photo. PETE ANIKARI
The police suspect a crime
The director of the armor museum, Simo Hautala, describes the situation as a sad episode. The orderlies directed the troublemakers outside when they started behaving aggressively.

- Yes, they had to be tamed, says Hautala.

The organizers handed the persons over to the police. According to an eyewitness, the troublemakers were taken to the police station in handcuffs and legcuffs.

The incident happened during a show depicting the fight against the 1944 Soviet invasion. According to Hautala's estimate, around a few hundred people were watching the show when the incident happened.

Hautala cannot say which country the troublemakers are.

The head of the investigation of the case, crime commissioner Lalli Jylhä from the Häme police, says that the police took over two foreigners working in Finland. He says that the persons are not Russian citizens.

- The organizers directed them out of the area. Then they went on a rampage and caused damage in ticket sales.

The police are investigating the incident as a minor misdemeanor. The crimes may become more specific as the investigation progresses.