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In the Finnish border town in A rally was held in Lappeenranta, the participants of which demanded the opening of the border with Russia.
Dozens of protesters took part in the event, fontanka.ru reports.
Previously, the Head of the Vartius checkpoint on the Finnish-Russian border, Jouko Kinnunen said that the construction of barriers has started at the border crossing. The army is helping the border forces in this, the Yle portal reports with reference to Kinnunen. As the reason for the closure of the Vartius checkpoint, the Finnish border guard cited the overcrowding of the checkpoint.
Previously, Finland decided to close four checkpoints – Vaalimaa/Torfyanovka, Imatra/Svetogorsk, Niirala/Värtsilä and Nuijamaa/Brusnichnoe.