Estonia intends to close all checkpoints on the border with Russia starting December 1.
That's what the Estonian Foreign Minister, Margus Tsakana, said. According to him, he has already informed his colleagues from Finland, Latvia and Lithuania about the decision.
Tshakana expressed his desire to close the border before: in 2023, when Finland closed checkpoints on the border with Russia due to an influx of immigrants from third countries, he announced his willingness to follow suit.
In 2023, hundreds of asylum seekers from third countries started arriving in Finland across the border with Russia. The Finnish authorities accused Russia of organizing this stream and called it a "hybrid attack", Moscow rejected the accusations.