A rally is being held in front of the Finnish Parliament building in Helsinki against the closure of checkpoints on the Russian border. Anatoly, one of the rally participants, told socialbites.ca that the police approved the event and there were no arrests. According to media reports, approximately 300 people came to the parliament building.
“Everything is fine. There are many people. The police approved the rally,” said one of the participants of the events.
Russian Peter (name changed – socialbites.ca) told socialbites.ca that he could not attend the rally. At the same time, the border closure has affected his family, and the man hopes that petitions and rallies will help resolve the situation.
“I come from a divided family, my mother and stepfather are in Tampere. Unfortunately, none of us attended the rally in Helsinki. If the petition gets 50 thousand or more votes, there is a possibility that the government will be interested in us. In fact, a ferry or train could solve the problem: It could exclude immigrants, but also meet the needs of separated Russian families around the world. “Until recently, the majority of buses crossing the border were filled with people: They were coming from America, Canada, everywhere, going to visit their relatives,” he said.
night of 18 November stopped Four checkpoints operate on the border of Finland and Russia: checkpoint “Vaalimaa” (Russian checkpoint “Torfyanovka”), “Nuijamaa” (“Brusnichnoe”), “Imatra” (Svetogorsk) and “Niirala” (“Värtsilä”). Three out of four of these checkpoints are in the Leningrad region, and another is in Karelia. On the afternoon of November 17, the last two flights to Helsinki departed from St. It departed from the St. Petersburg bus terminal.
MTV3 channel with reference to sources reportedHe said that the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs is developing a bill to completely close the border with the Russian Federation.
A petition was also created in Finland, where writers asked the country not to close the checkpoint on the Russian border. It is stated that the decision to close the four checkpoints is against human rights and severs family ties, and that relatives living on both sides of the border will not be able to see each other due to the ban. Approximately 10 thousand people signed the petition.
Previously Finnish border guards applied 30 people were gassed at the Russian border.