Sweden: Finland to close all checkpoints along border with Russia Friday — interior minister
STOCKHOLM, December 14. /TASS/: Finland has decided to once again close all crossing points along the border with Russia, Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen said.
"The border will be closed from tomorrow, Friday, December 15, 8:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. GMT), and [the closing procedure] will be completed on January 14. <...> We have been able to state that illegal immigration on Finland's eastern border has continued," Rantanen said during a parliamentary question-and-answer meeting, broadcast on the Finnish Cabinet’s website.