Gunpowder is smelling on the 1,340km Russia-NATO border as Finland and Estonia close border posts, install anti-tank barriers and move troops.
At the same time, the closure of the border with Russia was also announced by Norway, as stated by the Minister of Justice of the country.
The situation is borderline especially on the Finland-Russia border. We remind you that Finland's accession to NATO overturned the historic Moscow-Helsinki agreement, with the result that NATO forces are located 50 km from Saint Petersburg.
The only thing that no one knows yet is when and how Moscow will beat Helsinki.
The Finnish Foreign Ministry reported that hundreds of foreigners are being transported by Russian Army and National Guard vehicles to the border with Finland while many migrants are being redirected from Belarus.
Russian media reported that Finnish authorities are preparing a plan to completely close the border with Russia "in case of need".
Finnish border guards are forced to use tear gas as a large group of illegal migrants from Syria and Iraq are trying to force its way into Finland from Russia at the Niirila border crossing
Dozens of migrants are at the two border posts between Finland and Russia, the Finnish border guard said, behind fences erected by Helsinki to stem migration flows that Finland believes are instigated by Moscow.
The Finnish government accuses Russia of pushing migrants towards the Finnish border in response to Helsinki's decision to boost defense cooperation with the United States.
Finnish border guards raised fences at the Vaalimaa, Nuiyama, Imatra and Niirala passes in southeastern Finland, where most of the traffic between the two countries is concentrated, since midnight.
Despite the closure of the border stations, dozens of migrants arrived yesterday afternoon at the Nuiyama and Vaalimaa passes, where they remain with fires lit to cope with the frost.
Finland and Russia share a border line of 1,340 kilometers long, which is also an external border of the European Union. About 300 asylum seekers, most from Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and Syria, arrived in Finland this week, according to the border guard.
For now, four border posts remain open, but asylum applications can now only be lodged at the two northernmost ones.
The Kremlin said yesterday that Finland is making a "big mistake" by closing border posts and that Helsinki's decision is damaging bilateral relations.
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