Finland said on Thursday it was considering barring most Russians from entering the country as traffic across the border from its eastern neighbour "intensified" following President Vladimir Putin's order for a partial military mobilisation.
By Jake Cordell and Essi Lehto TBILISI/VAALIMAA, Finland (Reuters) -Some Russian men headed swiftly to the borders on Thursday after President Vladimir
By Essi Lehto VAALIMAA, Finland (Reuters) -Traffic arriving at Finland s eastern border with Russia intensified overnight after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation and remained elevated on Thursday but was under control, the Finnish Border Guard said. At the Vaalimaa border crossing, roughly three hours drive from Russia s second-largest city St Petersburg, three lanes of cars each stretched for 300-400 metres (yards) at around 1:15 p.m. local time (1015 GMT), a border official told Reuters. The crossing is one of nine on Finland s 1,300-km (800-mile) border with Russia, the longest in the European Union. Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen said on Wednesday Finland is closely monitoring the situation in its neighbour following Putin s order on Wednesday of a mobilisation for the war in Ukraine. Putin s announcement, made in an early-morning television address, raised fears that some men of fighting age would not be allowed to leave Russia and prompted one-wa
Some Russian men headed swiftly to the borders on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization, with traffic at frontier crossings with Finland and Georgia surging and prices for air tickets from Moscow rocketing. Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilization since World War II and backed a…
VAALIMAA: Finland said on Thursday it was considering barring most Russians from entering the country as traffic across the border from its eastern ne.