Russia Closes Several Railway Border Crossings with Latvia, Finland, Estonia
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- Russia has decreed the closure of several railway border crossings with Latvia, Finland, and Estonia, effective July 1.
- The move suspends the movement of people, vehicles, goods, and cargoes through these designated points.
- The Foreign Ministry is tasked with notifying the respective countries.
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Warum es wichtig ist
The Russian government has decreed the closure of several railway border crossings on its state border with Latvia, Finland, and Estonia. This decision suspends the movement of people, vehicles, goods, and cargoes through these points.
MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. The Russian government decreed to close several railway border crossings on the state border 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.
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.
Offene Fragen
- What is the specific reason for closing these crossings?
- Will this affect passenger rail services?
- Are there plans for further border closures?
