All through Friday, 6,998 Russian citizens entered Finland from Russia, which is an 88% increase compared to the same day of the previous week.
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The Finnish Border Guard announced this Saturday that queues have been registered to enter the country at some border crossings with Russia, after Helsinki announced its decision to block entry of Russian tourists.
“The border traffic last night was heavier than usual and there are queues at the Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa and Imatra border crossings‘, the border guard reported on his Twitter account.
In total they entered Finland all Friday from Russia 6,998 Russian citizenswhich represents an 88% increase compared to the same day last week when 3,714 people did.
“I’m afraid of being mobilized, I don’t want to join this warso I decided to escape,” said a Russian citizen interviewed by Finnish public television, Saturday at the border, adding that he wanted to enter Finland to go to Germany, where he planned to spend some time with friends .
While there is no official data to confirm that the majority of new arrivals are fleeing the partial mobilization decree announced by Moscow on Wednesday, all indications are that the increase in border traffic is linked to this event.
With air and rail links broken by the European sanctions against Moscowthousands of Russians continue to arrive in Finland by road, most of them crossing the four border posts in southeastern Finland (Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Niirala), close to Saint Petersburg.
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Source: EITB
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