Finland will conduct a confidence and security building evaluation visit conform to the Vienna Document 2011 in Russia from 9 to 11 October 2018. The evaluation visit is in accordance with the bilateral agreement between Finland and Russia concerning an additional annual evaluation visit.
The purpose of the evaluation visit is to verify the correctness of information given earlier in 2018. The object of the evaluation is the 61th Naval Infantry Brigade in Sputnik.
The Finnish three-person evaluation team is led by Colonel Pekka Turunen from the Defence Command Finland.
