Finland’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Ambassador Outi Hyvärinen, presented her credentials to OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu in Vienna on 1 September 2026. They discussed current issues concerning the OSCE. Officials from Finland’s Permanent Mission to the OSCE, Mr Kimmo Laukkanen and Ms Marjo Kaller, were also present.

 In May, 41 OSCE participating States, including Finland, invoked the Moscow Mechanism in cooperation with Ukraine to investigate militarization and indoctrination of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation.  According to the report published at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 9 July, Russia has sought to erase the Ukrainian national identity of these children and reinforce Russian State-approved narratives. Forcible transfers, deportations and the systematic indoctrination and militarisation of Ukrainian children could amount to crimes against humanity, in addition to violations of international law. The report makes recommendations to the Russian authorities, the OSCE, Ukraine and the international community on ways to take action and reinforce accountability.