Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Vladimir Putin i ka Pōʻakolu i kēlā Lukia e hoʻomaka e hoʻopuka i nā visa uila no kekahi Europa Union nā ʻāina e hoʻomaka ana ma ʻOkakopa 1.
Ua hana ʻo Putin i ka ʻōlelo e kamaʻilio pū ana me kāna hoa Finnish, ʻo Sauli Niinisto ma Helsinki.
Ma Iulai 19, ua kau inoa ka pelekikena Lūkini i kahi kauoha e hoʻolōʻihi i ke aupuni visa uila i ka ʻāina o St. Petersburg a me ka Leningrad Region.
ʻAʻole ʻo Niinisto i ka Pōʻakolu i ka hiki ke kūkākūkā me Moscow ma ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā visa uila no nā kamaʻāina Finnish e kipa aku i kekahi mau wahi Lūkini.
