An asylum seeker crossed the two-meter fence at the closed border from Russia to Finland for the first time. The newspaper reports this Helsingin Sanomat Referring to the Finnish Border Guard.
According to the publication, on December 16, a person broke through the border fence in Vaalimaa and requested asylum in Finland.
Southeastern Finland Border Guard Chief Kimmo Gronoff stated that the height of the border fences is at least two meters. According to him, this is the first time someone has climbed over the fence on the country’s eastern border.
On December 14, the border between Russia and Finland opened on the first day after the previous closure. Two checkpoints have been opened. Also Helsinki and St. It was planned to completely restart the tourist bus service between St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg.
On the evening of December 15, Vaalimaa and Niirala checkpoints were reopened. stopped my job. The reason for this was cited as a renewed influx of refugees, which the Finnish Ministry of Internal Affairs attributed to “the influence of a foreign power”.
formerly journalist saidWhat the Finns lost after the Russian border was closed.