Finnish neo-Nazi Teinonen takes next step contesting entry ban
Finnish-born Risto Teinonen is contesting a court decision of Feb. 16 to leave the entry ban against him in place. Teinonen was barred from entering Estonia effective Dec. 16, 2015 for spreading Nazi propaganda.
On Dec. 16, 2015 Risto Teivonen was served a five-year entry ban to Estonia for propagating Nazi ideas. Teivonen made headlines when an association he was involved with sent an anti-gay book by Heinrich Himmler to Estonian MPs.
Then-undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, Erkki Koort, said that Teinonen was barred from Entering the country for behavior considered inappropriate by the Estonian authorities, including spreading ethnic hatred.
A court decided to leave the entry ban in place earlier this year, a decision Teinonen has fought since. Teinonen’s lawyer, Indrek Repnau, has filed with the Tallinn administrative court to cancel the decision.
Teinonen was born in Helsinki, but moved to Estonia in 1992. In 2002 he was granted Estonian citizenship for his services making the country known to a broader international public, but gave it up again in 2011.
Teinonen is a former leadership member of the Estonian Independence Party, a far-right political party outside the Riigikogu. The entry ban against him will expire on Dec. 16, 2020.
Editor: Dario Cavegn