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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 ....