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class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Finnish entrepreneur jailed for breach of EU sanctions after exporting trucks to Russia<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/11\/48\/1536x864_cmsv2_51fb1866-accd-5d0b-8f31-8be63d803bd0-9821148.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Finland\u2019s Nuijamaa border crossing point with Russia, 23 September, 2017\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Finland\u2019s Nuijamaa border crossing point with Russia, 23 September, 2017<br \/>\n                    <span 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found.<\/p>\n<p>According to Finnish Customs, the imported trucks and trailers were worth around \u20ac17 million.<\/p>\n<p>The court found Riihimaki guilty of an &#8220;aggravated regulation offence&#8221; and said the act was &#8220;exceptional in its nature and scope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/82\/11\/48\/808x539_cmsv2_e235d3d3-9200-5041-bcb4-09bc52ddda38-9821148.jpg\" alt=\"A rescue worker puts out a fire of a house destroyed after a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Zaporizhzhia, 30 June, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span 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Lappeenranta near Finland&#8217;s border with Russia, exported 164 trucks and trailers in 2022 and 2023 in breach of EU sanctions imposed after Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Transit via Russia was allowed under the sanctions at the time and the company had declared that the vehicles were being exported to Kazakhstan or Turkey via Russia.But in reality they were customs cleared into Russia by a company importing and reselling trucks, the South Karelia district court found.According to Finnish Customs, the imported trucks and trailers were worth around \u20ac17 million.The court found Riihimaki guilty of an &#8220;aggravated regulation offence&#8221; and said the act was &#8220;exceptional in its nature and scope.&#8221;In addition to the prison sentence, Riihimaki and his company were ordered to forfeit the proceeds of the crime, \u20ac608,275, as well as \u20ac6 million euros, the value of the property involved, to the state.The court also fined the company 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