Cities in the southeastern part of Finland will propose soon to develop a 36-hour visa-free trip to Finland to Russian tourists coming by train. The director of the development of Lappeenranta, Markku Heinonen said that his experiment would show whether the European Union and Russia could successfully in the future create a visa-free travel agreement.

Previously a member of the Federation Council of St. Petersburg, Vadim Tiulpanov, said that Russia is ready to offer free entry for two days for citizens of Finland and Sweden, if these two countries will also open the border for Russian citizens.