The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board and the Ministry of the Interior want to close the Narva crossing point on the Estonian-Russian border for the night starting from May, as the number of people crossing the border during the night has halved compared with January.
Border guards at the Luhamaa border crossing in southeastern Estonia on Sunday detained a Russian citizen, who had climbed over the fence in the area between the border crossing points in order to enter the Schengen area.
Eight male citizens of India were detained by Estonian border guards on Thursday after they had illegally crossed the Russian-Estonian border in the Setomaa region earlier the same morning.
The Police and Border Guard Board on Tuesday formally accepted a 39.5-kilometer section of fully completed border infrastructure on the Estonian-Russian border from contractors Merko Ehitus Eesti and GRK Eesti.
Eva Kalmus, Head of the Border Guard Department of the Police and Border Guard Board, said that the border with the Russian Federation could be closed very quickly after a corresponding government decision.