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United States Army General Daniel R. Hokanson and chief of the National Guard Bureau visiting the Finland–Russia border in October 2023 Amid the worsening of relations between the two countries, on November 16, 2023, the Finnish Government announced the closure of four border crossings in the south-east (Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Niirala ...
Torfyanovka is a border crossing point between Russia and Finland. It is located in Leningrad Oblast. With over 2 million annual crossings, it is the busiest border crossing in the Finnish-Russian border, which is also the border of the European Union and Russia. European route E18 passes through Torfyanovka. [1] [2] [3]
Finland already had shut seven of the eight checkpoints on its 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with Russia this month following a surge in arrivals of migrants from the Middle East and Africa ...
Finland’s government has decided to seal again, effective Friday, the Nordic country’s entire eastern frontier due to a continuing influx of migrants at the two crossing points on the border ...
Finland will extend the closure of its border crossing points with Russia beyond the current April 14 deadline “until further notice” due to a high risk of organized migration orchestrated by ...
Finland accuses Russia of deliberately ushering migrants to the border zone that is normally heavily controlled by Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, on the Russian side.
The border crossing station was opened in 1958 as a first road traffic crossing point between Finland and Soviet Union. [1] With over 2 million annual crossings, it is the busiest border crossing in the Finnish-Russian border, and one of the busiest land border crossings of the European Union in general. European route E18 passes through Vaalimaa.
Neighboring Norway, which has a 198-kilometer-long (123-mile-long) border in the Arctic with Russia, said it had so far not recorded a comparable increase in border traffic from Russia at the sole ...