Russia shuts border crossings to Baltic countries and Finland
Reuters
The Russian government has ordered the closure of several railway border crossings with Latvia, Finland, and Estonia.
"The movement of people, vehicles, goods and cargoes" via the border crossings designated by the government is suspended. The Russian Foreign Ministry was instructed to notify Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki about the decision made by Moscow and effective from July 1, News.Az reports, citing TASS.
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The closed border crossings include St. Petersburg-Finlyandsky, Vyborg, Vyartsilya, Ljuttja and Svetogorsk (all of them for Finland), Pechory-Pskovskiye on the border with Estonia, and Pytalovo bordering on Latvia.
By Ulviyya Salmanli
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