A protest rally was held in the Finnish border city of Lappeenranta against the closure of Finland’s border with Russia. This was reported by So.
Approximately 50-60 demonstrators gathered at the rally. It was noted that these were mostly Russians living in Finland and holding passports from two countries.
One of the participants said that their relatives live in the Russian Federation and cannot come to the republic due to the border closure.
At the same time, a demonstration of those who supported the decision to close the border was held in the city, and approximately 10 people participated in the demonstration.
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. The next day, Vaalimaa and Niirala checkpoints again stopped Work continues due to the refugee influx.
17 December recognizedthat a person illegally entered Finnish territory through the forest in the Vaalimaa checkpoint area.
Putin before commented Relations between Russia and Finland.