Russians began to hide the euro on the border in the Finnish forest

Russians who make short trips to Finland through ground checkpoints (mostly residents of St. Petersburg and the region, combining a weekend with shopping) are so frightened by stories about Finnish border guards taking away Euronal that they began to bury their money as far away as possible in the border forest. True, they immediately entrusted their secret to Runet, where it is now being vigorously discussed by both gullible “Pinocchio” and insidious “Basilio cats with Alice foxes”.

We figured out when, how much and where to bury. And most importantly – how to pronounce the cherished “crex-pex-fex” so that the currency cash gives generous shoots?

“We didn’t have time to spend, we couldn’t issue a card,” a tourist from St. Petersburg reports in a chat about the situation on the Russian-Finnish border. – We decided not to take risks, buried our 300 euros under a tree, in a clearing on the way from Lappeenranta. Pre-wrapped in cellophane and put in a bottle of 0.5. The place was filmed, the coordinates were saved. We’ll be back in early October. I hope no one finds it before us.”

This post of September 14 is not a joke, but a legendary Russian know-how, which was not long in coming after the events of late August, when the first “nix” happened. Then the story of Yury from St. Petersburg spread around the social networks, from whom, upon returning from Finland to the Russian Federation, the Finnish border guards confiscated 1,390 euros in cash – everything that the Russian had with him.

“Because of the sanctions, it is impossible to import euros into the Russian Federation,” experienced walkers across the Finnish land border explain. – And at the same time a reminder that all the money must be spent in Suomi, otherwise they will not be allowed in again.

– In the same social networks they wrote that these were fictions, no one took anything from anyone.

– If we get lucky. There were cases when people were not examined at all, they barely looked at their passports, and they passed without getting out of the car. But there were also those who were examined and taken away. Therefore, those who have money left on the way home prefer to play it safe and hide them until better times.

Horror stories about taking the euro away from Finland, as well as know-how in the style of a field of wonders in the country of fools from a children’s fairy tale, originally from a Russian social network. On August 28, the topic was opened by the same Yuri, who shared how, by simplicity, he raked out of his pockets and showed the Finnish border guards all the euros left after the trip, and they were taken and taken away.

A little later, in the same place, the spouses, who were returning home through the Brusnichnoye border post, told how, when leaving Finnish territory, when asked by their customs, they honestly admitted that they had 400 euros left. To this, the Finnish side suggested that they either “give the currency to them for safekeeping”, or go back and “walk around Suomi until you spend all the money.” Compatriots chose the latter.

– The Finns added that next time they would simply withdraw it, – the St. Petersburg shuttle woman, who has been crossing the Russian-Finnish land border in both directions for more than 15 years, clarifies. – And at the Imatra checkpoint at the same time, on the way out, one man also honestly showed the remaining 150 euros to the border guard, and the other only 50 euros at all. And both received “an official warning that EU currency cannot be imported into a sanctioned country.” The next time they will simply be entered into the system so as not to be allowed into Finland at all, then, they say, there will be nothing to export.

– And “to hand over the currency for storage to the Finnish customs” – is this a joke?!

– Not at all, this is official practice. They know that the Russians, who often cross the border in both directions, will definitely return. Why, many Finnish border guards know us by sight, and we know them. They will put it in the safe against a receipt, and at the next entrance they will give it away so that everything is spent from them.

The Finnish Department of Customs Control confirms that it is forbidden to export European cash to the territory of the Russian Federation, not only for Russians, but also for the Finns themselves. This measure is new, as part of the sanctions, so it should simply be taken into account.

“Therefore, many argue on social networks, they say, it can’t be, but I’ve been traveling to Finland for 20 years,” a shuttle woman from the Vyborgsky district shares. “It never happened before, but now it does. Rather, the Finnish officers now have the right to inspect you. But they may not watch it, it depends on the situation and on the mood of the customs.

– The point is not who exactly takes out, – clarifies a citizen of Finland, who has a bride in St. Petersburg. – And in order not to import euro bills to the territory of the Russian Federation. At the end of the summer I went to the bride, I was also reminded of this. But they didn’t check. Although, of course, I was carrying cash with me. How else? Our cards do not work for you, just like yours with us. For people who have loved ones across the border, it is now equally difficult on both sides.

But a Russian person is not trained in such humility, as well as to leave his hard-earned money for storage at someone else’s customs – you never know what will happen before the next “walker”, and it is better to hide the money in a safe place. And exactly in mid-September, a saving life hack lit up Runet with hope for the preservation of the Euronal. A woman started, who reported in a chat about the situation at the border, that when she returned home to the Russian Federation, she was turned back because of 100 euros. “It’s already late, the shops are all closed. But she got out – she buried a treasure in the forest, ”the resourceful compatriot wrote.

– Of course, if an extra overnight stay at the hotel is not included in the budget, and the shops are closed, you will bury yourself in the forest, but where else to go ?! – our interlocutors from among the shuttles confirm the modest genius of the idea. – We wouldn’t leave it to the Finns either. But not because they screw up. It’s just that when we go, there may be another shift, but only this one can give out. And we can’t adjust our schedule for them.

The skirmisher of the “field of miracles” instantly found followers who reported in thematic chats about “hiding places in the woods”. And one citizen of the Russian Federation even said that, while burying her money, she accidentally dug up someone else’s money, and now she is sitting in the forest and thinking about who to return it to? Perhaps this is a joke, although nothing seems to be a joke against the background of the “field of miracles near Finka”. Even the fact that now the Finns will go to the forest not for mushrooms, but for Russian caches.

– Maybe the Russians just like to dig holes? – the owner of a shop on the Finnish side argues phlegmatically. – Well, yes, euros cannot be exported, but dollars can. Went and changed.