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  2. Finland–Russia border - Wikipedia

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    Major border checkpoints are found in Vaalimaa and Nuijamaa, where customs services on both sides inspect and levy fees on imported goods. In an attempt to curb a sudden increase in asylum seekers entering Finland via Russia, all border crossings were closed in late 2023. [5]

  3. Finland to close last operating checkpoint on Russian border

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    Finland will close the last operating checkpoint on its Russian border at midnight on November 30, meaning that the country’s entire eastern border will be closed until December 13, Finland’s ...

  4. Finland will keep its border with Russia closed until further ...

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    All eight Finland-Russia land border crossing points for people have been closed since Dec. 15. The southeastern rail checkpoint for cargo trains in Vainikkala remains open but the government said ...

  5. Finland erects barriers at border with Russia to control ...

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    The Kremlin has voiced regret about Finland’s decision to close the checkpoints and rejected Finnish authorities’ claims that Russia has encouraged the influx of migrants at the border to ...

  6. Finland closes last crossing point with Russia, sealing off ...

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    Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Finland on Wednesday formally notified Moscow that it has closed the last remaining northernmost border checkpoint.

  7. Vaalimaa - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Finland will close its entire border with Russia over migrant ...

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    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 ...

  9. Border checkpoint - Wikipedia

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    A border checkpoint is a location on an international border ... Finland: 12,300,000 (2017) [12 ... The car traffic on the Finnish side of the Russian border at the ...