Long story short: The Finnish defence ministry run background checks on anyone from outside the EU and EEA if they’re trying to buy property. They regularly block Russians from buying properties. And this was suspected as another attempt, through a proxy.

The buyer didn’t speak Finnish or English, has basically no connection to Finland, inconsistent buisness plan, has potential connections to Russia and wanted to buy a petrol station in eastern Finland, in an area that’s about to get a new NATO base.