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Finland starts construction of Russian border fence

agence france-presse • March 1, 2023, 01:05:24 IST
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Fearing that Moscow could use migrants to exert political pressure on Helsinki, NATO candidate Finland in July passed new amendments to its Border Guard Act to facilitate the erection of sturdier fences

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Finland starts construction of Russian border fence

Finland has begun construction of its planned 200-kilometre fence on the Russian border, the country’s border guard said Tuesday, as Helsinki fears Moscow could use migrant flows at the frontier for political purposes. Terrain work would begin on Tuesday “with forest clearance and will proceed in such a way that road construction and fence installation can be started in March”, the Finnish Border Guard said in a statement. The three-kilometre pilot project at the southeastern border crossing in Imatra is expected to be completed by the end of June, it added. Construction of a further 70 kilometres (43 miles), mainly in southeastern Finland, will take place between 2023 and 2025. In total, Finland plans to fence 200 kilometres of its 1,300-kilometre border with Russia at a cost of around 380 million euros (around $400 million). The fence will be over three metres (10 feet) tall with barbed wire at the top, with particularly sensitive areas equipped with night vision cameras, lights and loudspeakers. At present, Finland’s borders are secured primarily by light wooden fences, mainly designed to stop livestock from wandering to the wrong side. Fearing that Moscow could use migrants to exert political pressure on Helsinki, NATO candidate Finland in July passed new amendments to its Border Guard Act to facilitate the erection of sturdier fences. Although the Finland-Russia border has “worked well” in the past, Brigadier General Jari Tolppanen told AFP in November that the war in Ukraine had changed the security situation “fundamentally”. He said the border fence was “indispensable” to stop large-scale illegal entries from Russian territory. Finland saw an influx of Russians in September after President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilisation of reservists to fight in Ukraine. Estonia, Latvia and Poland have also increased security on their borders with Russia or are planning to do so. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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