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Raising ‘Iron Curtain’ will cause EU country to pay billions

MENA FN 29 Nov 2023
(MENAFN) Amid escalating tensions over border controls, Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has cautioned that the economic toll of closing the Finland-Russia land border could amount to ... .
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Raising ‘Iron Curtain’ will cost EU country billions – Russia’s top MP

Russia Today 28 Nov 2023
Finland has shut all border crossings apart from the northernmost link. Completely closing the Finland-Russia land border would cost Helsinki up to $3.3 billion, according to Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin ... He also warned that Finland “faces a number of ...
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Finland Closes Border, Accuses Russia of Using Asylum-Seekers to Disrupt Country

Hot Air 24 Nov 2023
Elina Valtonen, Finland’s foreign minister, told the Financial Times that if Russia intensified its operation of allowing migrants from countries such as Yemen, Iraq and Syria to cross without documents, her country could restrict the filing of asylum applications to Helsinki airport — and so exclude its checkpoints along the land border.
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US Marines join Finnish-led drills in Baltic Sea, with Russia watching

Stars and Stripes 24 Nov 2023
Marines are among more than 4,000 allied personnel participating in a Finland-led military exercise that is drawing Russian concerns over NATO’s growing might in the Baltic Sea ... Marines from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, unload gear from a Finnish landing craft during Freezing Winds 23 off the coast of Finland, Nov.
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Finland steps up border closings in dispute with Russia

The Seattle Times 24 Nov 2023
Finland is closing all but one of its land border crossings with Russia, escalating a standoff between the two countries over an influx of migrants that Finnish officials blame on Moscow ... .
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EU deploys border agents to Finland amid increase in asylum seeker arrivals

Al Jazeera 23 Nov 2023
The European Union’s border protection agency, Frontex, is set to deploy 50 officers to Finland after an increase in asylum seeker arrivals at its eastern border with Russia ... Finland on Wednesday said it would shut all but its northernmost border crossing with Russia after it recorded an increase in arrivals of undocumented migrants.
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Finland may shut entire Russian border, foreign minister says

Reuters 22 Nov 2023
Finland's reception of asylum applications could be moved to a location away from the land border, Valtonen said, but added her country would still adhere to its international obligations and ensure asylum could be sought by "people in true need" ... Finland joined the ...
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Finland may shut entire Russian border, minister says

RTE 22 Nov 2023
Finland is considering closing ... Finland's reception of asylum applications could be moved to a location away from the land border, Ms Valtonen said, but added her country would still adhere to its international obligations and ensure asylum could be sought by "people in true need".
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Russia does not accept Finland accusations in border crossing issues

Pravda 20 Nov 2023
The authorities of Finland announced their readiness to close all remaining checkpoints on the land border with Russia due to the ...
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Three debutants named for Football Ferns games against Colombia

RNZ 19 Nov 2023
Three newcomers have been named in the Football Ferns squad to play World Cup quarterfinalists Colombia in Bogota next month. The debutants are Wellington Phoenix midfielder Macey Fraser, Sunderland midfielder Katie Kitching and Canberra United forward Ruby Nathan ... The full squad is. ... Jacqui Hand (17 caps) �land United, Finland ... ....
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Finland puts up barriers on Russian border to stop ‘migrants sent by Moscow’

Metro UK 18 Nov 2023
Border patrol guards checking the land border of Vaalimaa, between Finland and Russia, one of the most important land border between the two countries (Picture ... land border crossing between Finland and Russia, where the two countries are seperated by water, by a canal (Picture.
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Finland sees asylum surge before Russia border crossings shut

Longview News-Journal 17 Nov 2023
Finland is to shut half of its eight crossings along its eastern land border with Russia from midnight (2200 GMT). Authorities have accused Russia of seeking to destabilise Finland by letting undocumented migrants -- mainly from the Middle East and Africa -- cross into the Nordic country.
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Finland to close border crossings with Russia over migrant influx

The Jordan Times 17 Nov 2023
Today the government has made the decision to close the Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Niirala border crossing points on the land border between Finland and Russia,” Interior Minister Mari Rantanen told reporters ... This is a case of us having indications and information that people are being machinated into Finland,” Rantanen said.
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