Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets said his country needs €40 million to complete the strengthening of its border with Russia by the end of 2025. This was reported by the Estonian Broadcasting Company. MISTAKE.
According to Läänemets, this amount consists of the costs of updating technical solutions installed at the beginning of the construction of the border infrastructure. Funds are needed to complete the construction of access roads and additional telecommunications systems that will allow border guards to quickly respond to illegal border crossings.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs added that Estonia wants to create a defense system against drones at the border that will detect drones and repel their attacks.
There is also discussion of the possibility of creating a crisis police reserve from the Defence Forces reserves. Their duties would include assisting the police in the event of a migration crisis or civil unrest. There are currently 50 people in the reserve, but plans are to increase this number to 1,000 in the coming years.
Since August 8, Estonian authorities was introduced Full customs control at the Russian border due to non-compliance with sanctions. Now the duties of border guards include increased control of cargo and people traveling to the Russian Federation. The time required to pass the control is likely to increase significantly. The country’s government expects the number of people entering Russia through Estonian checkpoints to decrease, while entrepreneurs fear losing their earnings.
Previously in Estonia wanted Waiting fees at the Russian border will be increased.
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Source: Gazeta
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