Escape of the Year: A dog who escaped from a Russian shelter has found refuge in Finland. Her puppies, which she abandoned, will also be sent there.

The dog escaped from the shelter under Vyborg At the end of last year, she managed to safely cross the state border and wandered for several months through the forests of southeastern Finland, covering about a thousand kilometers.

In January, she was finally caught and taken to the vet: the microchip foundthat there was a foreigner in front of him.

The dog will not be deported: a family has already been found for it in a Finnish city. KuopioAnd they came up with a nickname - Ransu (after the character from the popular children's program).

The paradox is that the dog could have obtained a Finnish residence permit without escaping: the shelter near Vyborg where she was kept specializes in sending animals abroad. Incidentally, they plan to soon transport the puppies abandoned by Ransu to Finland.

It is also curious that Finnish dogs are also fleeing to Russia: just last October, our border guards detained two foreign dogs. Both were returned.

Because Russia doesn’t need what belongs to others.