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For one guard stationed on Europe’s longest border with Russia, countries on the continent would benefit from military ...
At a shooting range 10 miles from the Russian border, Finnish army reservist Janne Latto opened the trunk of his car and ...
The agency said that the security at the border between Russia and Finland, which is part of the bloc, was “a matter of collective European concern.” A correction was made on Dec. 14, 2023 ...
Finland shares an 830-mile border with Russia, along with a combative history. The neighbors have fought numerous wars through the centuries, and Finland was ruled by Russia for more than a ...
"The border of NATO with Russia will basically double after we became members," Sauer said, referring to Finland's more-than-800-mile shared land border with Russia.
HELSINKI — Finland said Tuesday it will close its last remaining border crossing with Russia amid concerns that Moscow is using migrants as part of “hybrid warfare” to destabilize the Nordic ...
Finnish border agents speak with Russians at a checkpoint at the Finland-Russia border in Virolahti, Finland, on Sept. 30, 2022. (Sasu Makinen./Lehtikuva via AP) ...
HELSINKI — Finland will extend the closure of its border crossing points with Russia beyond the current April 14 deadline “until further notice” due to a high risk of organized migration ...
Tirkkonen’s district monitors and surveils two of Finland’s nine crossing points on the border with Russia, which runs 830 miles, serves as the European Union’s external border and makes up ...
Finland has begun construction of a 124-mile barrier fence on its eastern border with Russia — enacting a security plan developed after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of ...
The border between Russia and Finland is 1,300 kilometers, or over 800 miles, long. The barrier being built will be about 130 to 260 kilometers, or 80 to 160 miles, long when completed.
Finland, a European Union country whose accession to the NATO alliance this year after decades of non-alignment angered Moscow, shares a 1,340-km (833-mile) border with Russia that also serves as ...