In 2022, border guards in Finland banned 3,375 foreign citizens from entering the country across the border with Russia. This was reported by the representative of the service Mira Alopaeus. As specified, this is seven and a half times more than in 2021, when the Finnish border guards did not let 440 people into the
The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation has received letters from the Baltic States on the freezing of customs cooperation. This was announced on Monday, October 24, by the Deputy Head of the Service, Ruslan Davydov, at a press conference in Moscow. “Our borders with the European Union are the borders with the Baltic
Finland is going to close the border for the entry of tourists from Russia next night, as reported by the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, citing sources. “The new border rules should come into force as early as Thursday evening, unless the government at its meeting, which starts today at 1 pm, changes the schedule that
Residents of the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region blocked the highway, as reported by the Chairman of the “We Are Together With Russia” movement, a member of the main council of the military-civil administration of the region Vladimir Rogov. “In protest against the actions of the Zelensky regime, residents of Zaporozhye blocked the Orekhovskaya
The authorities of the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan, which is a border region with Russia, will create special headquarters to organize the flow of arrivals from the Russian Federation, as stated by the head of the regional administration Abylkair Skakov. “It is important to take measures to stabilize the situation in the real estate market.
Finland has proposed to the EU to include a ban on issuing tourist visas in the list of anti-Russian sanctions, as well as terminate Schengen visas for Russians. “Finland has proposed that in order to strengthen the unity of the EU, tourist visas should be included in the scope of EU sanctions. Finland considers it
The Finnish authorities have followed the path of those politicians whose fate is already sealed, the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Alexei Chepa, told Izvestia on Thursday, July 7, commenting on the decision of the Finnish parliament to install a fence on the border with Russia. According to the
The Estonian Parliament, at a meeting on Tuesday, May 3, will consider the proposal to withdraw signatures under the land and sea border agreements with the Russian Federation signed on February 18, 2014. The corresponding proposal was made by the opposition Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE). “Upon completion of the occupation and restoration of
The Russian military and border guards prevented the violation of the state border by a group of saboteurs from the territory of Ukraine, the press service of the Southern Military District reported. The Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of five people who tried to enter the territory of the Russian Federation from the Ukrainian
The press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, believes that incidents like the one that occurred with the Ukrainian ship “Donbass” are fraught with serious consequences. On Thursday, December 9, the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation said that the “Donbass” ship of the Ukrainian Navy is moving towards the Kerch Strait
The new Norwegian government wants the planes and ships of its NATO allies to stay at some distance from the Norwegian-Russian border areas, as reported by the VG Norwegian daily newspaper’s correspondent who outlines the position of the country’s Foreign Minister, with whom he spoke at the NATO summit in Riga. According to Norwegian Foreign
Russia is fully resuming flights with Cuba, Mexico, and Qatar from December 1, 2021, taking into account the epidemic situation there, according to the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. It is reminded that recently Russians also have got the opportunity to fly to Bangladesh, Brazil, Mongolia, Costa Rica, and Argentina. And since November 9,
Russian radars tracked over 50 foreign aircraft that conducted air reconnaissance near the country’s state borders over the past week, as stated by the Defence Ministry’s official newspaper ‘Krasnaya Zvezda’. According to the infographics provided, 37 foreign spy planes and 19 drones conducted air reconnaissance over the indicated time. Fighter jets of Russia’s air defence
