The group recruited children from Finland for a camp in Crimea while receiving employment support from the City of Helsinki.
Helsinki District Court has declared the Moscow-linked Sun Ray association bankrupt, reports Helsingin Sanomat.
The court heard the case on Monday at the association’s request. The bankruptcy proceedings were originally initiated in September 2025 by pension insurance company Varma.
Court documents show that the association was insolvent, with some 11,000 euros overdue as of this month.
The group said it was willing to settle the payment. The court nevertheless placed it into bankruptcy. The decision is not yet final, meaning it can still be appealed.
Earlier this month, Helsingin Sanomat reported that Helsinki had paid more than 45,000 euros in employment subsidies to Sun Ray, a group involved in recruiting children in Finland to a propaganda summer camp in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Following the public attention about subsidies being granted to organisations linked to Russia, the City of Helsinki launched a review of all employment support payments made since the beginning of 2025.
