Six times more Russians have come to Norway in November than before. The person working in Kirkkoniemi, Norway, tells about it The Barents Observer online magazine (you will switch to another service).
Finland closed Russian tourists’ entry to Finland at the end of September. Norway’s Storskog border station in northern Norway is now the last land border through which Russians can enter the Schengen area with a tourist visa.
According to Nettilehti’s data, approximately 1,130 people passed through the Raja-Joosepi and Salla border stations in November. Almost 7,000 people passed through Norway’s Storskog in November.
At the end of September, the number of Russian arrivals increased at the border stations in both Norway and Finland due to the business promotion that started in Russia.
The Barents Observer reports that Norway’s Minister of Justice said earlier in the fall that The Storskog border station can be closed quickly. (you switch to another service) The readiness to close the border is a few hours after the decision to close it.
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Finland’s border will be closed to Russian holidaymakers at midnight on Thursday – Minister of the Interior Mikkonen: “The impact on traffic volumes is significant”
More Russians are coming to Finland now than in a long time – head of the border station: “We are monitoring the situation all the time”
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